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What is another name for the optic nerve?

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

optic nerve


The visual pathway to the occipital lobe of the brain consists most simply of a chain of five neurons beginning with the photoreceptor cell of the retina name them and note their location in the pat?

Photoreceptor cells in the retina. Bipolar cells in the retina. Ganglion cells in the retina. Optic nerve fibers in the optic nerve. Lateral geniculate nucleus in the thalamus. Optic radiation fibers in the brain to the primary visual cortex in the occipital lobe.


What is the name of the second cranial nerve which provides a pathway from retina to brain?

The second cranial nerve is called the optic nerve. It carries visual information from the retina at the back of the eye to the visual centers in the brain, allowing us to process and interpret visual stimuli.


Name the five cranial sensory nerves each belonging to a different sense?

Olfactory nerve (sense of smell) Optic nerve (sense of vision) Vestibulocochlear nerve (sense of hearing and balance) Trigeminal nerve (sense of touch and pain for the face) Gustatory nerve (sense of taste)


What is another name for Nerve Cells?

Neuron is another name for a nerve cell.


What is another name for the nerve system?

the nerve tissue


What is another name for diaphragmatic nerve?

phrenic nerve


What is another name for facial nerve?

external maxillary nerve.


What is another name for the auditory nerve?

VESTIBULO-COCHLEAR nerve which is 8th cranial nerve.