Optic Nerve

General information The optic nerve (Nervus opticus, ancient Greek “belonging to the sight”) is the second cranial nerve and the first part of the visual pathway. It serves to transmit optical stimuli from the retina to the brain. For this reason it belongs to the nerves of sensory quality. It runs from the lamina cribrosa … Optic nerve

Clinic If an optic nerve is completely destroyed, the affected eye is blind. However, if only part of the fibers are destroyed, for example in the optic chiasm, i.e. the crossing of the fibers of the right and left eye, the patient suffers from heteronymous hemianopsia. This means that the nasal fibers of both eyes … Clinic | Optic nerve