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What carries nerve impulses from eyes to brain?

The Optic Nerve


What messages the eye to the brain?

The optic nerve carries signals from the eyes to the brain.


The brain linked to the eyes by?

The brain is connected to the eyes by the optic nerve. This nerve carries visual information from the retina of the eye to the brain, where it is processed to create our sense of vision.


What cranial nerve control the eyes or visual functioning?

The optic nerve, or cranial nerve II, is responsible for visual functioning and carries visual information from the eyes to the brain.


Do each of our eyes have an optic nerve?

Yes, each eye has an optic nerve that connects to the brain and carries visual information.


What nerve carries the action potentials from the ganglion cells to the thalamus of the brain?

The optic nerves carry the impulses from the eyes to the visual area of the thalamus.


Which structure takes electrical signals to the brain?

The optic nerve carries electrical signals from the eyes to the brain for visual processing.


How does the optic nerve work?

The optic nerve is a group of nerve fibers that function to provide vision. The optical never works by transferring electrical impulses to the brain from a part of the eyes known as the retina.


What 2 organs are connected to the brain by the optic nerve?

The eyes are connected to the brain by the optic nerve.


What is the optic nerve?

I don't know but you are getting on my nerves! Well I do know. The optic nerve is the second cranial nerve and carries information from the eyes into the brain. It does not have any control over the movement of the eyes as this comes from other nerves it only takes special sensory information on the images that the retina is receiving back to the brain to be processed. The optic nerve contains approximately 1.2 million neurons.


Messages are carried from the eyes to the brain by?

Messages are carried from the eyes to the brain by the optic nerve. The optic nerve is responsible for transmitting visual information to the brain for processing and interpretation.


How does the message from the nerve cells in the eyes reach the brain?

The message from nerve cells in the eyes is transmitted through the optic nerve to the brain. The optic nerve carries this visual information to the brain's visual cortex, where it is processed and interpreted.