Optic nerve

Optic nerve
Optic nerve
	The left optic nerve and the optic tracts.
Details
Innervates	Vision
Identifiers
Latin	nervus opticus
MeSH	D009900
NeuroNames	289
TA98	A14.2.01.006; A15.2.04.024
TA2	6183
FMA	50863
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

In neuroanatomy, the optic nerve, also known as the second cranial nerve, cranial nerve II, or simply CN II, is a paired cranial nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain. In humans, the optic nerve is derived from optic stalks during the seventh week of development and is composed of retinal ganglion cell axons and glial cells; it extends from the optic disc to the optic chiasma and continues as the optic tract to the lateral geniculate nucleus, pretectal nuclei, and superior colliculus.^[1]^[2]

^ Vilensky, Joel; Robertson, Wendy; Suarez-Quian, Carlos (2015). The Clinical Anatomy of the Cranial Nerves: The Nerves of "On Olympus Towering Top". Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1118492017.
^ Selhorst, John; Chen, Yanjun (February 2009). "The Optic Nerve". Seminars in Neurology. 29 (1): 029–035. doi:10.1055/s-0028-1124020. ISSN 0271-8235. PMID 19214930.

Cranial nerves
CN 0 – Terminal CN I – Olfactory CN II – Optic CN III – Oculomotor CN IV – Trochlear CN V – Trigeminal CN VI – Abducens CN VII – Facial CN VIII – Vestibulocochlear CN IX – Glossopharyngeal CN X – Vagus CN XI – Accessory CN XII – Hypoglossal
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