| vascular circle of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A network of branches of the short ciliary arteries on the sclera around the point of entrance of the optic nerve. Synonym: circulus vasculosus nervi optici, circulus arteriosus halleri, circulus zinnii, Haller's circle, Zinn's corona, Zinn's vascular circle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| coloboma of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A congenital notch in the formation of the optic nerve, appearing as a craterlike excavation at the optic disk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postlaminar part of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The portion of the optic nerve posterior to the lamina cribrosa of the sclera. Synonym: pars postlaminaris nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prelaminar part of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The portion of the optic nerve anterior to the lamina cribrosa of the sclera. Synonym: pars prelaminaris nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drusen of the optic nerve head | Basophilic, laminated, calcareous acellular masses that resemble crystals within the nerve head, anterior to the lamina cribrosa, that may simulate papilledema and/or cause visual field defects. Synonym: intrapapillary drusen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intersheath spaces of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The spaces within the internal sheath of the optic nerve, between the arachnoidal and pial layers, filled with cerebrospinal fluid and continuous with the subarachnoid space. Synonym: spatia intervaginalia nervi optici, intersheath spaces of optic nerve, Schwalbe's spaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intervaginal space of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The spaces within the internal sheath of the optic nerve, between the arachnoidal and pial layers, filled with cerebrospinal fluid and continuous with the subarachnoid space. Synonym: spatia intervaginalia nervi optici, intersheath spaces of optic nerve, Schwalbe's spaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intracanicular part of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The part of the optic nerve lying within the optic canal. Synonym: pars intracanaliculus nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intracranial part of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The portion of the optic nerve between the optic canal and the optic chiasm. Synonym: pars intracranialis nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intralaminar part of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The portion of the optic nerve as it passes through the lamina cribrosa of the sclera. Synonym: pars intralaminaris nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraocular part of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The part of the optic nerve within the eye; it is divided into intralaminar, postlaminar, and prelaminar parts. Synonym: pars intraocularis nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The optic nerve. The nerve carrying impulses for the sense of sight. 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 projections in lower vertebrates and also for studies of glial cell lineage in CNS. Synonym: cranial nerve II. (18 Nov 1997) |
| optic nerve diseases | Diseases of the optic nerve. (12 Dec 1998) |
| optic nerve drusen | Basophilic, calcareous, laminated acellular bodies within the optic nerve anterior to the scleral lamina cribrosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| optic nerve glioma | <radiology> F = M, child / young adult (75% less than 10 yrs, 90% less than 20 yrs), fusiform, isodense mass, with or without enhancement, rarely calcified associated with neurofibromatosis Cf: optic nerve meningioma (12 Dec 1998) |