An Object of Interest Is to Your Right

question 18

Essay

An object of interest is to your right. The light from this object excites the temporal left eye and the nasal right eye as in Figure 4-32. Figure 4-32
A. What happens to the organization of that image from the retina to the LGN and then to primary visual cortex? That is, what is the anatomical organization of the visual circuitry? Include the organization of the terminal projections in the LGN and cortex.
B. What would the projection pattern look like if you traced the path from two neighboring RGC from the left eye to the LGN and cortex?

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