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The optic nerve exits the retina at the optic disc, otherwise known as the "blind spot".

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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.


Does the optic nerve pass through the foramen ovale?

The natural blind spot (scotoma) is due to lack of receptors (rods or cones) where the optic nerve and blood vessels leave the eye. It is where the optic nerve leaves the retina not enter it. The optic disk or blind spot is where the optic nerve leaves the eye; you cannot use that field of vision because the optic nerve is there.


Is there an optic nerve for each eye?

The optic nerve is in the eye (optical, Optical illusions)


What is the nerve of the human eye?

the optic nerve


What is the function of the optic disk in the eye?

Optic disc:The optic disc is also called the blind spot. There are no receptors in this part of the retina. This is where all of the axons of the ganglion cells(last neurons before optic nerve) exit the retina to form the optic nerve.


Right optic nerve?

your optic nerve attatches your eye and brain together


What carries nerve impulses from the eye to the brain?

The optic nerve


Which term describes the region in the eye where the nerve endings of the retina gather to form the optic nerve?

The term is "optic disc" or "optic nerve head." This is the point in the eye where the optic nerve exits and carries visual information to the brain.


If optic nerve is severed will you lose sight in both eyes?

Yes, if the optic nerve is severed, you will lose sight in the eye connected to that nerve. This means that you will lose sight in one eye if only one optic nerve is severed, but vision in the other eye will remain unaffected.


Neurons in the retina exit the eye forming the?

A+ students: the answer is optic nerve.


Which nerve is called as the eye of brain?

Optic nerve


What is the point where the optic nerve enters the eyeball?

Point where optic nerve enters eyeball is the optic disc.