Optic Tract - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Optic Tract;

NCIt definition : A continuation of the optic nerves just dorsal to the optic chiasm, formed by temporal fibers of the ipsilateral optic nerve and nasal fibers of the contralateral optic nerve, that carries axons to nuclei within the thalamus and relays visual information to the primary visual cortex of the occipital lobe.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: The nerves that travel from the optic chiasm (place in the brain where some of the optic nerve fibers cross) into certain parts of the brain involved in vision.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000637726;

Details

Origin ID

C33218;

UMLS CUI

C0152405;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Base of the Brain [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire optic tract (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Optic Tract [MeSH Descriptor]
- Optic tract [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Optic tract [ICHI extension code]
- Optic tract structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- optic tract [UBERON concept]
- optic tract [Radlex concept]
- right optic tract [Radlex concept]
- visual pathways [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Optic tract [FMA entity]
- optic tract [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- optic tract [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Optic Tract [MeSH Descriptor]
- Optic tract [FMA entity]
- Optic tract structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- optic tract [UBERON concept]
- optic tract [MeSH concept]
- optic tract [SNOMED Notion]
is_associated_anatomic_site_of
- Optic Tract Neoplasm [NCIt concept]

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