| optic stalk |
This begins as a narrow channel that connects the optic cup and the brain, but as development progresses it is invaded by neuronal processes that emanate from the ganglion cells of the retina.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v4/n11/glossary/nrg1202...
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| optic vesicle |
Paired protrusions of the embryonic forebrain from which the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina derive.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v4/n11/glossary/nrg1202...
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| optical tweezers |
A laser-based technique that utilizes minute forces exerted by light waves to measure and to manipulate biomolecules.
Ãâó: www.genpromag.com/Glossary~LETTER~O.html
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| optic nerve |
A bundle of nerve fibers that carries the visual information from the retina to the brain.
Ãâó: www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/BN/00023.html
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| optics |
The science covering the behavior and characteristics of light.
Ãâó: www.peakagents.ca/glossary/o3.htm
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