No, it sends visual signals to the brain.
The optic nerve is in the eye (optical, Optical illusions)
The optic nerve exits the retina at the optic disc, otherwise known as the "blind spot".
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the optic nerve
your optic nerve attatches your eye and brain together
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.
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.
A+ students: the answer is optic nerve.
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.
Optic nerve
Point where optic nerve enters eyeball is the optic disc.