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| Optic nerve | |
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 The left optic nerve and the optic tracts. | |
| Details | |
| Innervates | Vision |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | nervus opticus |
| MeSH | D009900 |
| NeuroNames | 289 |
| TA98 | A14.2.01.006 A15.2.04.024 |
| TA2 | 6183 |
| FMA | 50863 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
| Cranial nerves |
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In neuroanatomy, the optic nerve, also known as the second cranial nerve, cranial nerve II, or simply CN II, is a paired cranial nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain. In humans, the optic nerve is derived from optic stalks during the seventh week of development and is composed of retinal ganglion cell axons and glial cells; it extends from the optic disc to the optic chiasma and continues as the optic tract to the lateral geniculate nucleus, pretectal nuclei, and superior colliculus.[1][2]
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