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Q: Which term describes blindness in half of the visual field?
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What is contralateral homoymous hemianopia?

it is partial blindness that may result in blindness in the same visual field of both eyes


Blindness in one half of the visual field?

hemianopia


Blindness in one-half of the visual field?

hemianopia


What is the medical term that describes blindness in one half of the visual field?

Hemianopsia is the medical term meaning loss of half of the visual field.


What condition is characterized by blindness in one-half of the visual field?

Hemianopia


Is characterized by blindness in one-half of the visual field?

Possible stroke, or injury to the back of the head.


A stroke that affects the left visual cortex would lead to?

loss of rihnt visual fields from both eyes


Which term describes a defect in the right or left half of the visual field?

Hemianopia or hemianopia is a defect in the right or left half of the visual field. It can affect one eye but can also affects both eyes.


Normal vision in both eyes for right half of the visual field absence of vision in both eyes for left half of the visual field?

Normal vision in both eyes results in the right half of the visual field being dominant. The absence of vision in both eyes results in the left half of the visual field being dominant.


Where is a lesion if there is normal vision in both eye for the right half visual field but there is absence of vision in both eyes for left half of the visual fieled?

If there is normal vision in both eye for the right half visual field but there is absence of vision in both eyes for left half of the visual field, then the lesion is in the left eye. Since the vision for right eye is clear, the lesion is in the left.


How is the visual pathway from the eyes different from that of the ears or hands?

each eye is not primarily connected to one hemisphere only instead, each visual half field is projected to the opposite hemisphere so, if an image is seen in the right visual field it would be seen in the left hemisphere and if an image is seen in the left visual field it would be seen in the right hemisphere


How is the visual pathway from the eyes different from the ears or hands?

each eye is not primarily connected to one hemisphere only instead, each visual half field is projected to the opposite hemisphere so, if an image is seen in the right visual field it would be seen in the left hemisphere and if an image is seen in the left visual field it would be seen in the right hemisphere