The ventral visual stream projects to the inferior temporal cortex and is involved in the perception of form. While the dorsal visual stream projects to the parietal association cortex and is involved in the analysis of spatial location. the ventral visual stream is a pathway that stretches from the primary visual cortex in the occipital lobe forward into the parietal lobe.
When cells communicate by the signaling process, one cell produces a signaling molecule that must be received by the signal receptor on or in the responding cell. Signaling molecules are often called ligands, a general term for molecules that bind specifically to other molecules (such as receptors).
