| optic atrophy |
Optic atrophy is a pathological term and somewhat misleading. The term optic neuropathy is often used instead. In medicine, atrophy usually means shrunken but capable of regrowth. Optic atrophy means that on microscopic examination most of the fibers of the optic nerve are degenerated (dead). The optic nerve is part of the brain and has no capability for regeneration. ...
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| optic neuritis |
Optic neuritis is the inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision. The optic nerve comprises axons that emerge from the retina of the eye and carry visual information to the primary visual nuclei, most of which is relayed to the occipital cortex of the brain to be processed into vision. Inflammation of the optic nerve causes loss of vision usually due to the swelling and destruction of the myelin sheath covering the optic nerve. ...
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| optic disk |
The spot on the retina where the optic nerve leaves the eye.
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| optic nerve |
This is the cable connecting the eye to the brain.
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| optic fissure |
A gap opens on the underside of each eye bud to provide noursihment for the developing eye. It has to close before birth.
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