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Which part of the eye sends messages to the brain?

The Optic Nerve


What functions does the optic nerve do?

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.


What nerve carries messages away from the eye to the brain?

the Optic Nerve


The optic nerve leads to the brain from where?

That nerve comes out from behind the eye-ball.


What messages the eye to the brain?

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


What is a difference between optic nerve and auditory nerve?

Optic nerve is found in the eye which sends the nerve impulses from the eye to the brain. The auditory nerve is present in the ear and sends the nerve impulses from the ear to the brain. They both have the same functions though they're present in different places.


Part of the eye that detects light and sends signal to brain?

The retina detects light and the optical nerve sends the signal to the brain.


Does the optic nerve cause eye movement?

No, it sends visual signals to the brain.


What is a bundle of nerve fibers that send messages from the eye to the brain?

Spinal Cord.


What body part is the eye connected to?

By the optic nerve, which is connected to the brain. The optic nerves takes nerve signals from the retina and sends it to the brain.


Does the left optic nerve carry eye messages only to the left brain side?

No it does not. The left optic nerve carries messages to the right side of the brain. The signals cross over to the other side at the base of the brain.


What part of the eye sends the image through an electrical impulse to the brain?

Light rays reflect off the object and into the eye where they are refracted by the cornea and focussed by the lens on to the retina, the optic nerve then carries the messages to the brain and an image is formed.