No, it sends visual signals to the brain.
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The optic nerve is in the eye (optical, Optical illusions)
The optic nerve exits the retina at the optic disc, otherwise known as the "blind spot".
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.
the optic nerve
your optic nerve attatches your eye and brain together
The optic nerve
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.
Optic nerve
optic nerve
Point where optic nerve enters eyeball is the optic disc.
Optic Disk