optic nerve

optic nerve (plural optic nerves)

1. (neuroanatomy) Each of the second pair of cranial nerves that carry visual information from the retina to the brain.

   Coordinate terms: olfactory nerve, oculomotor nerve, trochlear nerve, trigeminal nerve, abducens nerve, facial nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, vagus nerve, accessory nerve, hypoglossal nerve

• optic chiasm

• “optic nerve”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “optic nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.