optic chiasm

English

Noun

optic chiasm (plural optic chiasms)

1. (neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain where the optic nerves partially cross.

Synonyms

• optic chiasma

Translations

part of the brain

Chinese: Mandarin: 視交叉 / 视交叉 (shìjiāochā) Esperanto: opta kruciĝo, opta kiasmo Finnish: näköhermoristi French: chiasma optique (fr) m German: Sehnervenkreuzung f, Sehnervkreuzung f, Chiasma opticum n (from Latin) Greek: οπτικό χίασμα n (optikó chíasma) Hungarian: látóideg-kereszteződés Italian: chiasmo ottico m Japanese: 視交叉 (しこうさ, shikōsa) Norwegian: Bokmål: synsnervekrysning m or f, chiasma opticum n (from Latin) Nynorsk: synsnervekrysning m or f, chiasma opticum n (from Latin) Portuguese: quiasma óptico m Spanish: quiasma óptico (es) m Swedish: synnervskorsning c

See also

• optic chiasm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia