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Is there an optic nerve for each eye?

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


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


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Right optic nerve?

your optic nerve attatches your eye and brain together


What carries nerve impulses from the eye to the brain?

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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?

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Neurons in the retina exit the eye forming the?

A+ students: the answer is optic nerve.


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.


Which nerve is called as the eye of brain?

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

Point where optic nerve enters eyeball is the optic disc.