optic nerve
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optic nerve
n.
Either of the second pair of cranial nerves that arise from the retina and carry visual information to the thalamus and other parts of the brain.
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optic nerve
n
(Physiology) the second cranial nerve, which provides a sensory pathway from the retina to the brain
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op′tic nerve′
n.
either of a pair of cranial nerves consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the retina to the brain.
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optic nerve
The nerve that carries sensory information on vision from the retina of the eye to the brain. The optic nerve is a cranial nerve.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() visual system - the sensory system for vision cranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon - the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon |
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