An anopsia (from Ancient Greekἀν-(an-) 'without', and ὄψις (opsis) 'sight') is a defect in the visual field. If the defect is only partial, then the portion of the field with the defect can be used to isolate the underlying cause.
anopsia, anopsia, from, ancient, greek, ἀν, without, ὄψις, opsis, sight, defect, visual, field, defect, only, partial, then, portion, field, with, defect, used, isolate, underlying, cause, other, namesanopiascheme, showing, central, connections, optic, nerves,. An anopsia from Ancient Greek ἀn an without and ὄpsis opsis sight is a defect in the visual field If the defect is only partial then the portion of the field with the defect can be used to isolate the underlying cause AnopsiaOther namesAnopiaScheme showing central connections of the optic nerves and optic tracts Lesions at different locations relate to different types of anopsias SpecialtyNeurologyTypes of partial anopsia Hemianopsia Homonymous hemianopsia Heteronymous hemianopsia Binasal hemianopsia Bitemporal hemianopsia Superior hemianopia Inferior hemianopia QuadrantanopiaReferences editExternal links edit nbsp This article about the eye is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anopsia amp oldid 1107992297, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
