The fovea isnt the answer. Fovea is the area that has the most acute focus. The place the optic nerve leaves the eye is known as the BLIND SPOT.-jericho
The optic nerve enters the eye at the back of the eyeball through an opening called the optic disc. This area is also known as the blind spot because it lacks light-sensitive cells (rods and cones) that are present in other parts of the retina.
The optic disc or blind spot is where optic nerve leaves the back of the eye. There are no photoreceptors (rods/cones) in that area.
Each eye contains an optic nerve, as the meet at the optic chiasm, some of the nerve fibers cross over. This sensitive area is referred to as the optic nerve pathway crossover.
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The optic nerves carry the impulses from the eyes to the visual area of the thalamus.
This is known as the blindspot. It is where the optic nerve leaves the eye. There is no room for photoreceptors due to the amount of blood vessels in this area, so no image is formed at this particular spot.
The optic nerve relays information from the eye it self to the brain area. it sends messages and tells the brain what exactly you are looking at it relays color and form of objects.
The optic nerve (also known as cranial nerve II) is a continuation of the axons of the ganglion cells in the retina. There are approximately 1.1 million nerve cells in each optic nerve. The optic nerve, which acts like a cable connecting the eye with the brain, actually is more like brain tissue than it is nerve tissue. As the optic nerve leaves the back of the eye, it travels to the optic chiasm, located just below and in front of the pituitary gland (which is why a tumor on the pituitary gland, pressing on the optic chiasm, can cause vision problems). In the optic chiasm, the optic nerve fibers emanating from the nasal half of each retina cross over to the other side; but the nerve fibers originating in the temporal retina do not cross over. From there, the nerve fibers become the optic tract, passing through the thalamus and turning into the optic radiation until they reach the visual cortex in the occipital lobe at the back of the brain. This is where the visual center of the brain is located. The visual cortex ultimately interprets the electrical signals produced by light stimulation of the retina, via the optic nerve, as visual images. A representation of parasympathetic pathways in the pupillary light reflex can be seen here: parasympathetic response. The beginning of the optic nerve in the retina is called the optic nerve head or optic disc. Since there are no photoreceptors (cones and rods) in the optic nerve head, this area of the retina cannot respond to light stimulation. As a result, it is known as the "blind spot," and everybody has one in each eye. The reason we normally do not notice our blind spots is because, when both eyes are open, the blind spot of one eye corresponds to retina that is seeing properly in the other eye. Here is a way for you to see just how absolutely blind your blind spot is. Below, you will observe a dot and a plus. This The End The optic nerve causes a blind spot because it is a continuation of the axons of the ganglion cells in the retina.
The optic nerve (also known as cranial nerve II) is a continuation of the axons of the ganglion cells in the retina. There are approximately 1.1 million nerve cells in each optic nerve. The optic nerve, which acts like a cable connecting the eye with the brain, actually is more like brain tissue than it is nerve tissue. As the optic nerve leaves the back of the eye, it travels to the optic chiasm, located just below and in front of the pituitary gland (which is why a tumor on the pituitary gland, pressing on the optic chiasm, can cause vision problems). In the optic chiasm, the optic nerve fibers emanating from the nasal half of each retina cross over to the other side; but the nerve fibers originating in the temporal retina do not cross over. From there, the nerve fibers become the optic tract, passing through the thalamus and turning into the optic radiation until they reach the visual cortex in the occipital lobe at the back of the brain. This is where the visual center of the brain is located. The visual cortex ultimately interprets the electrical signals produced by light stimulation of the retina, via the optic nerve, as visual images. A representation of parasympathetic pathways in the pupillary light reflex can be seen here: parasympathetic response. The beginning of the optic nerve in the retina is called the optic nerve head or optic disc. Since there are no photoreceptors (cones and rods) in the optic nerve head, this area of the retina cannot respond to light stimulation. As a result, it is known as the "blind spot," and everybody has one in each eye. The reason we normally do not notice our blind spots is because, when both eyes are open, the blind spot of one eye corresponds to retina that is seeing properly in the other eye. Here is a way for you to see just how absolutely blind your blind spot is. Below, you will observe a dot and a plus. This The End The optic nerve causes a blind spot because it is a continuation of the axons of the ganglion cells in the retina.
The optic nerves carry the impulses from the eyes to the visual area of the thalamus.
It is responsible for sharpest central vision. Lateral to each blind spot is the Fovea Centralis, a tiny pit that contains only cones. Consequently this is the area of greatest visual acuity, or point of sharpest vision, and anything we wish to view critically is focused on the fovea centralis.
CRVO is a painless loss of vision that can be caused by a swollen optic disk, the small area in the retina where the optic nerve enters the eye, by dilated retinal veins, and by retinal hemorrhages.