As they carry neural messages to the visual centers in the brain, the optic nerves from each eye first come together in the ________; as they continue, ________ of the fibers from each retina remain on the side of the body from which they originated.

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The optic nerves from each eye first come together at the optic chiasma, where some of the nerve fibers cross over to the opposite side. As they continue, half of the fibers from each retina remain on the same side of the body from which they originated, ensuring that visual information from both eyes is processed on both sides of the brain.

As They Carry Neural Messages to the Visual Centers in the Brain