optic nerve

noun

, Anatomy.

either one of the second pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the retina to the brain.

optic nerve

the second cranial nerve, which provides a sensory pathway from the retina to the brain

optic nerve

Either of the second pair of cranial nerves, which carry sensory information relating to vision from the retina of the eye to the brain. Disease or injury of the optic nerve can result in partial or total blindness.

optic nerve

The nerve that carries electrical signals from the retina in the eye to the brain .

First recorded in 1605–15

Also the tender points of the fibres of the optic nerve would soon become blunted and the eye of course useless.

There are no colors; there is no light,—there is nothing but the ether waves, which cause a vibration of the optic nerve.

A diminution or total loss of sight, arising from paralysis of the retina or optic nerve.

Two people see a thing: put scientifically, the result of this is that each experiences a stimulation of the optic nerve.

Tell me how the optic nerve transmits to the thinking brain the perception of outward objects.

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