Definition of Second cranial nerve

1. Noun. The cranial nerve that serves the retina.

Exact synonyms: Nervus Opticus, Optic Nerve, Optic Tract
Group relationships: Visual System, Betweenbrain, Diencephalon, Interbrain, Thalmencephalon
Generic synonyms: Cranial Nerve

Medical Definition of Second cranial nerve

1. The optic nerve. The nerve carrying impulses for the sense of sight. Projection from the vertebrate retina to the midbrain. Embryologically, a CNS tract rather than a peripheral nerve. Popular experimental preparation for studies of regeneration of retino tectal projections in lower vertebrates and also for studies of glial cell lineage in CNS. Synonym: cranial nerve II. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Second Cranial Nerve

Second Advent
Second Adventism
Second Adventist
second balcony
second banana
second base
second baseman
second battle of Ypres
second best
second childhood
second class
Second Coming
Second Coming of Christ
second cousin
second cranial nerve (current term)
second cranial nerve (current term)
Second Crusade
second cuneiform bone
second deck
second degree A-V block
second degree burn
Second Earl Grey
Second Earl of Chatham
Second Earl of Guilford
Second Empire
Second Epistel of John
Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthi
Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalo
Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy
Second Epistle of Peter

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