The eyes

Question 1

A lesion between the back of the eye and the optic chiasm causes what?

Answer 1

Anopia- one eye becomes blind

Question 2

A lesion/damage to the optic chiasm causes what?

Answer 2

Bitemporal hemianopia- vision missing in the out half of both eyes

Question 3

A lesion/damage to the optic tract route towards the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus on the right side causes what?

This lesion would be just behind the optic chiasm

Answer 3

Left homonymous hemianopia

Right homonymous hemianopia if the same lesion is on the left side

See only one side ― right or left ― of the visual world of each eye

Question 4

A lesion/damange to the left contralateral inferior parts of the posterior visual pathway causes what?

The outer line in the handbook diagram

Answer 4

Right homonymous superior quadrantanopia- a loss of vision in the same upper quadrant of visual field in both eyes

Question 5

A lesion/damage to the parietal lobe optic radiation causes what?

The inner line in the handbook diagram

Answer 5

Right homonymous inferior quadrantanopia- a loss of vision in the same lower quadrant of visual field in both eyes