What is Optic tract?
{{Infobox brain | Name = Optic tract | Latin = tractus opticus | Image = Gray773.png | Caption = The left [[optic nerve]] and the optic tracts. | IsPartOf = [[Visual system]]}} The '''optic tract''' is a part of the [[visual system]] in the [[brain]]. The tract starts from the [[optic chiasma]], which receives the [[optic nerve]]s from the eyes.<ref>Optic tract. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/430336/optic-tract (accessed Nov 1, 2013).</ref> There are two individual tracts, the left optic tract and the right optic tract. Each passes visual information only from ''the other side of the [[visual field]]''. Each tract develops from [[retina|retinal fiber]]s from each eye corresponding to one-half of the visual field. == References == {{reflist}} {{Cranial nerves}} [[Category:Anatomy of the brain]] [[Category:Vision]]