Optic nerves

... through the nerve cells before striking the rods and cones. Also, those nerves have to leave the eye via the optic nerve, which passes through the retina, leaving a blind spot in each eye. The tissue ...

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... opthalmoscope allows you to see the structures in the ocular fundus - optic disc, retinal vessels, general background and macula. Abnormalities ... the movement of the eyes is actually controlled by different cranial nerves (III, VI, IV), so if your eyes won't turn in a certain direction, ...

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... of the trigeminal nerve (nerve that innervates the face). 3) the optic canal and superior orbital fissure. the cranial nerves that move the eye muscles (abducent, occulomotor and trochlear nerves), the nerve that ...

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... cone cells are present. The impulse is carried to the brain through the optic nerves and the brain interprets the sensation as an image.

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Nerves can respond to more than one stimulus. Your eyes are designed to respond to light producing sight; when a photon enters your eye the optic nerve percieves it and transfers it to your brain as color. However, the optic nerves will also respond ...

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