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optic chiasma

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000959

A decussation of the diencephalon where the fibers of the optic nerve cross. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/llw2 MP:0009770 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_chiasm http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Synonyms: chiasma opticum, optic chiasm, decussation of optic nerve fibers

Term info

database cross reference
  • BIRNLEX:1416
  • BAMS:OC
  • ZFA:0000556
  • GAID:832
  • Wikipedia:Optic_chiasm
  • XAO:0004071
  • HBA:9310
  • BAMS:DC
  • NCIT:C90609
  • MBA:117
  • VHOG:0000190
  • DHBA:10644
  • TAO:0000556
  • neuronames:459 (BIRNLEX:1416)
  • UMLS:C0029126 (ncithesaurus:Optic_Chiasm)
  • BAMS:ox
  • EHDAA:10227
  • SCTID:244453006
  • AAO:0010622
  • EMAPA:17603
  • EHDAA2:0001302
  • MESH:D009897
  • FMA:62045
  • DMBA:17783
  • MA:0001098
  • BAMS:och
  • BM:Tel-OCX
  • UMLS:C0029126 (BIRNLEX:1416)
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

The point at which fibers of the optic nerves cross.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

The chiasm has been studied in great detail in some animals, while in others relatively little or nothing is known. Although there are some gross architectural features that are conserved within some animals, such as birds and fish, the general picture is one of diversity. This review will attempt to consider the key features of such diversity of chiasmatic organisation in vertebrates and the mechanisms that sculpt them from the limited literature that is available. However, as so much research has been undertaken on the structure and development of the chiasm in laboratory animals, any review must consider the information that has been gleaned from them and hope that future studies will determine whether the features revealed in these animals, and the underlying mechanisms that generate them, have a common vertebrate plan.[uncertain][VHOG]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/1543%2CVisalius%27OpticChiasma.jpg

has related synonym

chiasma nervorum opticorum, chiasma, optic chiasm (Rufus of Ephesus)

id

UBERON:0000959

prefLabel

Optic chiasm