Noun
the cranial nerve that serves the retina
Source: WordNetJason once told me that eye contact is the most intimacy two people can have -- forget sex -- because the optic nerve is technically an extension of the brain, and when two people look into each other's eyes, it's brain-to-brain. Douglas Coupland
Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And the women are thinking, How can he want me the way I look in the morning It's because we can't see you. We have no blood anywhere near our optic nerve. Andy Rooney
Although there are more than 130 million retinal receptors, there are only approximately 1.2 million fibres (axons) in the optic nerve; a large amount of pre-processing is performed within the retina. Source: Internet
A pituitary tumour may compress the optic tracts or the optic chiasm of the optic nerve (II), leading to visual field loss. Source: Internet
Although the name literally means “nonpoisonous,” atoxyl does cause damage, especially to the optic nerve. Source: Internet
Despite occupying about 0.01% of the visual field (less than 2° of visual angle ), about 10% of axons in the optic nerve are devoted to the fovea. Source: Internet