| 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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| optic nerve |
The nerve that carries messages from the retina to the brain.
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