Optic nerve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The optic nerve , also called cranial nerve II , transmits visual information from the retina to the brain. The optic nerve is the second of twelve paired cranial nerves but is considered to be pa...
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The optic nerve transmits electrical impulses from the retina to the brain. ... The optic nerve transmits electrical impulses from the retina to the brain. It connects to the back of the eye near the macula. When examining the back of the eye, a portion of the optic nerve called the optic disc can be seen.
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Optic tract - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The optic tract is a part of the visual system in the brain. It is a continuation of the optic nerve and runs from the optic chiasm (where half of the information from each eye crosses sides, and ha...
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Various eye diseases, most commonly glaucoma, can also cause optic nerve atrophy. In addition, the condition can be caused by diseases of the brain and central nervous system, such as cranial arteritis (sometimes called temporal arteritis), multiple sclerosis, brain tumor, and stroke.
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The small photoreceptors of the retina (the inner surface at the back of the eye) sense light and transmit impulses to the optic nerve. The optic nerve from each eye carries impulses to the brain, where visual information is interpreted.
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Described is the optic nerve and aspects of this ocular structure. ... The optic nerve (also known as cranial nerve II) is a continuation of the axons of the ganglion cells in the retina. There are approximately 1.1 million nerve cells in each optic nerve.
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The "optic nerves" are the second pair of the cranial nerves, and lead from the eyes to the brain. The sensory cell bodies of the nerve fibers occur in "ganglia" within the eyes. Their axons (conductors of impulses away from their point of origin) pass through the orbits into the brain.
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