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What is the definition of optic nerve?

Each of the second pair of cranial nerves, transmitting impulses to the brain from the retina at the back of the eye.


What carries nerve impulses from eyes to brain?

The Optic Nerve


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.


Which nerves carry sound impulses from the inner ear of the brain?

The auditory nerve carries auditory impulses to the brain.


What is the optics?

It is a bundle of nerve fibers that carry electrical impulses to the brain from the retina.


Impulses leave the eye by way of?

Impulses leave the eye by way of the optic nerve, which transmits visual information from the retina to the brain for processing. The optic nerve is a bundle of nerve fibers that carries these signals to the brain, allowing us to perceive and interpret the images we see.


What is the nerve that takes a picture on the retina and carries it to the brain?

Optic


Is it optic nerve carries the message into the brain from the retina?

Yes?


The brain region receives Visual impulses?

the eye receives visual images from our surroundings, these images are received by the cones and rods which are on the retina which is found in the eye, the images are translated (by the cones and rods) and sent as impulses to the brain through the optic nerve, the brain is then able to inter-prate these impulses into images we see.


Which nerve transmits impulses generated by the retina to the brain?

Second cranial nerve: The second cranial nerve is the optic nerve, the nerve that connects the eye to the brain and carries the impulses formed by the retina -- the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, senses light and creates the impulses -- to the brain which interprets them as images.The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. There are twelve cranial nerves.In terms of its embryonic development, the optic nerve is a part of the central nervous system (CNS) rather than a peripheral nerve.


Order of how sensory impulses reach the brain starting at the retina all the way to the occipital lobe?

Sensory impulses from the retina begin their journey when light is converted into electrical signals by photoreceptor cells (rods and cones). These signals are then transmitted through the retinal ganglion cells, forming the optic nerve. The optic nerve carries the impulses to the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus, where they are processed and relayed. Finally, the signals travel to the occipital lobe of the brain, where visual perception occurs.


Which nerve carries impulses from the cells that detect smells?

The olfactory nerve carries impulses from odor-detecting cells to the brain.