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What is another name for the optic nerve head?

Another name for the optic nerve head is the optic disc.


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.


What is the name of the main nerve connecting the eye to the brain?

optic nerve


What nerve carries signals from the from the retina to the brain?

Occipital nerve. It is the second cranial nerve.


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

Point where optic nerve enters eyeball is the optic disc.


Where does the optic nerve leave the eye?

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


What is the name of the main connecting the eye to the brain?

optic nerve


What nerve is responsible for visual signals to the brain?

optic nerve


What can the optic nerve be identified with?

The optic nerve can be identified with the sense of sight.


What is the junction of the retina and optic nerve?

The junction of the retina and optic nerve is called the optic disc or optic nerve head. This is where the optic nerve exits the eye and carries visual information from the retina to the brain. The optic disc is also known as the blind spot because it lacks photoreceptor cells and cannot detect light.


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 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.