Nervous system & sense organs
Optic nerve (II)
Nervus opticus (II)
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Cranial nerves
DescriptionUnreviewed
The optic nerve, also known as cranial nerve II, or simply as 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.
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Names
- Latin
- Nervus opticus (II)
- English
- Optic nerve (II)
- French
- Nerf optique (II)
- Spanish
- Nervio óptico (II)
- Portuguese
- Nervo óptico (II)