vision, ocular

Preferred Label : vision, ocular;

MeSH definition : The process in which light signals are transformed by the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS into electrical signals which can then be transmitted to the brain.;

MeSH synonym : Ocular Vision; Vision;

CISMeF synonym : visions;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Visual perception;

MeSH hyponym : light signal transduction, visual; Visual Light Signal Transduction; Visual Transduction; Transduction, Visual; Visual Phototransduction; Phototransduction, Visual;

MeSH annotation : differentiate from VISUAL PERCEPTION which takes place in the brain, vision takes place in the eye; visual stimulation: probably PHOTIC STIMULATION but check text for possible non-light (non-photic) stimulation;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual perception;

Details

Origin ID

D014785;

UMLS CUI

C0042789;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Ne pas confondre avec
- visual perception [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- light signal transduction, visual [MeSH concept]
- vision, ocular [MeSH concept]
See also
- eye [MeSH Descriptor]
- ophthalmology [MeSH Descriptor]
- photoreceptor cells [MeSH Descriptor]
- photoreceptor cells, vertebrate [MeSH Descriptor]
- visual perception [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- vision disorders [MeSH Descriptor]
- visual prosthesis [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Organism Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Sight [ICNP subject]
- Sight [NCIt concept]
- Vision [OBSOLETE LOINC component]
- Vision [LOINC System]
- Vision [LOINC System]
- Vision [LOINC component]
- Visual function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- seeing functions [ICF N2 Element]
- seeing functions, unspecified [ICF N3 Element]
- vision, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- visual perception [GO term]

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