optic nerve

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• Optic Nerve — may refer to: Optic nerve, the anatomical structure Optic Nerve (comic), the comic book series Optic Nerve (1999), a Red Hot Benefit Series tribute to David Wojnarowicz This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia



• Optic nerve — This article is about the anatomical structure. For the comic book series, see Optic Nerve (comic). For the album about David Wojnarowicz, see Optic Nerve (CD ROM). Nerve: Optic Nerve The left optic nerve and the optic tracts …   Wikipedia

• optic nerve — Anat. either one of the second pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the retina to the brain. See illus. under eye. [1605 15] * * * ▪ anatomy   second cranial nerve, which carries sensory nerve impulses… …   Universalium

• Optic nerve — The optic nerve connects the eye to the brain. The optic nerve carries the impulses formed by the retina, the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye and senses light and creates impulses. These impulses are dispatched through the optic nerve… …   Medical dictionary

• Optic Nerve — Keith Tucker Keith Tucker Pays d’origine Détroit  États Unis Genre(s) Electro Label(s) Direct Bea …   Wikipédia en Français

• optic nerve — noun Date: 1615 either of the second pair of cranial nerves that pass from the retina to the optic chiasma and conduct visual stimuli to the brain see eye illustration …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• optic nerve — Projection from the vertebrate retina to the midbrain. Embryologically, a CNS tract rather than a peripheral nerve. Popular experimental preparation for studies of regeneration of retino tectal connections in lower vertebrates and also for… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• optic nerve — зрительный нерв …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• optic nerve — each optic nerve emerges from the anterior ventral corner of each optic lobe. The nerves cross over beneath the telencephalon …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• optic nerve — зрительный нерв …   Англо-русский офтальмологический словарь