second cranial nerve

second cranial nerve in Medicine

second cranial nerve n.
See optic nerve.

Encyclopedia Article for second cranial nerve

optic nerve

second cranial nerve, which carries sensory nerve impulses from the more than one million ganglion cells of the retina toward the visual centres in the brain. The vast majority of optic nerve fibres convey information regarding central vision

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