HyperDic: second_cranial_nerve

English > 1 sense of the expression second cranial nerve:
NOUNbodysecond cranial nerve, optic nerve, nervus opticus, optic tractthe cranial nerve that serves the retina
English > second cranial nerve: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe cranial nerve that serves the retina.
Synonymsoptic nerve, nervus opticus, optic tract
Part ofdiencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalonThe posterior division of the forebrain
visual systemThe sensory system for vision
Broadercranial nerveAny of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
Spanishnervio óptico, nervus opticus
Catalannervus opticus

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