Cranial nerve fiber tract which is comprised of retinal ganglion cell axons running posterior medially towards the optic chiasm, at which some of the axons cross the midline and after which the structure is termed the optic tract. Transmits visual information from the retina to the brain[ZFA]. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471209627 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471888893 ]
Synonyms: optic II second cranial nerve optic nerve [II] 02 optic nerve nervus opticus nervus opticus [II] cranial II optic II nerve
Term information
- HBA:9307
- MA:0001097
- TAO:0000435
- BAMS:2n
- VHOG:0000543
- BIRNLEX:1640
- Wikipedia:Optic_nerve
- FMA:50863
- NCIT:C12761
- XAO:0000188
- BAMS:IIn
- GAID:831
- BAMS:nII
- EFO:0004258
- EHDAA2:0001313
- EMAPA:17575
- AAO:0010345
- MESH:D009900
- MBA:848
- EHDAA:6788
- CALOHA:TS-0713
- ZFA:0000435
- DHBA:15544
- SCTID:180938001
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Term relations
- cranial neuron projection bundle and innervates some retina and extends_fibers_into some optic chiasma