page_title: Visual system
hierarchical_section_title: Visual system
caption_attribution_description: Routing of neural signals from the two eyes to the brain
context_page_description: The visual system is the part of the nervous system which allows organisms to see.
  It interprets the information from visible light to build a representation of the world surrounding the body. The visual system has the complex task of constructing a three dimensional world from a two dimensional projection of that world. The psychological manifestation of visual information is known as visual perception.
context_section_description: The visual system is the part of the nervous system which allows organisms to see.
  It interprets the information from visible light to build a representation of the world surrounding the body. The visual system has the complex task of (re)constructing a three dimensional world from a two dimensional projection of that world. The psychological manifestation of visual information is known as visual perception.
caption: The visual system includes the eyes, the connecting pathways through to the visual cortex and other parts of the brain. The illustration shows the mammalian system.
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