Table 1 Comparison of the results of this study with the studies of Saint Remy, Holmgren, Hanström, and Breidbach & Wegerhoff [25–27, 29, 30]

‘plaited’ nerve (without chiasma)

couche fibro-médullaire supérieure

three neuropils (“Sehmassen”), without mapping

first optic mass

first optic lobe

couche des fibrilles chiasmatiques

chiasma

chiasma 1

first visual neuropil

couche fibro-médullaire inférieure

second optic mass, layer A

second optic lobe, external

neuropil border (without chiasma)

séparés par une substance plus claire (neuropil border)

second optic mass, layer B

second optic lobe, internal

second visual neuropil

masse médullaire

second optic mass, layer C

unnamed area and chiasma 2