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Q: What are the special nerve cells that make up the back wall of the eyeball?
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What is the cord at the back of the eyeball?

The optic nerve is the cord at the back of the eyeball, it also carries impulses from the eye to the brain.


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The sight nerve is called the optic nerve, and goes from the back of the eyeball to the brain.


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The screen on which the image in formed in the eye is called?

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