nervus opticus

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nervus opticus - the cranial nerve that serves the retinaoptic nerve, optic tract, second cranial nervevisual system - the sensory system for visioncranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stembetweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon - the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon