0
It is made up of about 1 million small individual thread-like nerve fibers that come from the retina.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What does an optic nerve look like?
jeff hardy, and
Where does the optic nerve leave the eye?
The optic nerve exits the retina at the optic disc, otherwise known as the "blind spot".
What nerve carries signals from the from the retina to the brain?
Occipital nerve. It is the second cranial nerve.
What is the point where the optic nerve enters the eyeball?
Point where optic nerve enters eyeball is the optic disc.
What is the junction of the retina and optic nerve?
The junction between the retina and the optic nerve is the optic disc.
What part of brain connects brain and eyes?
Optic nerve. Well, it connects the retina to the brain. The muscles of the eye also connect to the brain, but not through the optic nerve.
What nerve is responsible for visual signals to the brain?
optic nerve
What can the optic nerve be identified with?
The optic nerve can be identified with the sense of sight.
What part of the eye sends message to the brain?
The retina activates, sending a signal down the optic nerve, across the optic chiasm, and back to the visual cortex, where the brain decodes/maps the signals to visual perception. The short answer: the optic nerve
Right optic nerve?
your optic nerve attatches your eye and brain together
What carries nerve impulses from the eye to the brain?
The optic nerve
Does the optic nerve pass through the foramen ovale?
The natural blind spot (scotoma) is due to lack of receptors (rods or cones) where the optic nerve and blood vessels leave the eye. It is where the optic nerve leaves the retina not enter it. The optic disk or blind spot is where the optic nerve leaves the eye; you cannot use that field of vision because the optic nerve is there.
