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second cranial nerve
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  second cranial nerve - the cranial nerve that serves the retinanervus opticus, optic nerve, optic tractvisual 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 |
EncyclopediaSeeoptic nervesecond cranial nerve
second cranial nerveThe nerve carrying impulses for the sense of sight. It originates in the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus and travels by the optic tract and optic chiasma, where it enters the retina through the optic disk. Synonym: optic nerve See: cranial nervesecond cranial nerve
Synonyms for second cranial nervenoun the cranial nerve that serves the retinaSynonyms- nervus opticus
- optic nerve
- optic tract
Related Words- visual system
- cranial nerve
- betweenbrain
- diencephalon
- interbrain
- thalmencephalon
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