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OpenStudy (anonymous):

LARRY goes to the doctor complaining that he cant see the right side of the visual field with either eye .where in the visual signal processing pathway is for problem?

thomaster (thomaster):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

in this pic left isnt working but larry said right

thomaster (thomaster):

Yes but that would be the opposite. In your case you can switch and blue in the visual field area with the numbers. So when larry is only able to see with the left side of the visual fields, the problem is probably at point 4 or 5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

plz can you explain this in simple words

OpenStudy (anonymous):

in larry case visual area would be left ,right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i get it the visual signal processing pathway is right 4 him which is in problem

OpenStudy (anonymous):

optic chiasm is also blocked?

thomaster (thomaster):

When the optic chiasm is blocked, you can see the right visual field of the left eye and the left visual field of the right eye, So the problem is not at the optic chiams

thomaster (thomaster):

He can't see the right visual field of either eye, so he can only see the blue areas in the eye, therefore the problem can be in the optic tract or in the lateral geniculate nucleus. The red ones in the image

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