that this is an adaptive function given by the fissures placement and structure. Damage to the nerve past the optic chiasm, will cause loss or impairment to the corresponding eye. If the right side of the brain is damaged and the nerve is damaged or destroyed, then the left eye will also follow the severity of damage.

Clinical significance

The longitudinal fissure plays a key role in corpus callosotomy, neurosurgery resulting in split brain, as

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