💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Optic disc"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| blind spotnoun | (automotive) In driving, the part of the road that cannot be seen in the rear-view mirror or side-view mirror. |
| optic nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) Each of the second pair of cranial nerves that carry visual information from the retina to the brain. |
| occipital nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) Either of two nerves that arise mostly from the second cervical nerve. |
| ophthalmic nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) One of the three major branches or divisions of the trigeminal nerve that supply sensory fibers to the lacrimal gland, eyelids, ciliary muscle, nose, forehead, and adjoining parts. |
| retinanoun | (ophthalmology) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods and cones sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed. |
| second cranial nervenoun | Synonym of optic nerve. |
| neuroretinanoun | (anatomy) The rim of the retina that contains its neural elements |
| ganglionnoun | (neuroanatomy) An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber. |
| oculomotor nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) The third of twelve paired cranial nerves, which controls most of the eye's movements and constriction of the pupil and maintains an open eyelid. |
| optic neuritisnoun | The inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision. |
| neuroretinitisnoun | (pathology) inflammation of the optic nerve and the retina |
| ciliary ganglionnoun | (neuroanatomy) A small autonomic ganglion on the nasociliary branch of the ophthalmic nerve receiving preganglionic fibers from the oculomotor nerve and sending postganglionic fibers to the ciliary muscle and to the iris sphincter. |
| neuroretinopathynoun | (pathology) Any disease that affects the retina and the optic nerve |
| lesser occipital nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) A nerve arising from the second cervical nerve or from the loop between the second and third cervical nerves and innervating the scalp especially in the lateral area of the head behind the ear. |
| lateral geniculate nucleusnoun | (neuroanatomy) The nucleus of the thalamus which receives input from the optic tract. |
| spiral ganglionnoun | (neuroanatomy) A mass of bipolar cell bodies occurring in the modiolus of the organ of Corti and giving off axons which comprise the cochlear nerve. |
| trigeminal ganglionnoun | (neuroanatomy) A large flattened sensory root ganglion of the trigeminal nerve that lies within the skull and behind the orbit. |
| oligodendroglionnoun | (anatomy) A glial cell smaller than an astrocyte, that forms the myelin sheath for many axons |
| neuro-ophthalmologynoun | The medical subspecialty of both neurology and ophthalmology concerning visual problems related to the nervous system. |
| endplatenoun | (anatomy) A modified muscle fibre in the form of a flattened discoid at a neuromuscular junction. |
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