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There is one optic nerve in the eye. It is also known as cranial nerve II.

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Are your eyes connected to your brain by auditory nerves or optic nerves?

Your eyes are connected to your brain by optic nerves, not auditory nerves. Optic nerves transmit visual information from the eyes to the brain for processing, while auditory nerves transmit information related to hearing from the ears to the brain.


The optic nerves from the eyes cross before entering the brain the crossed structure is known as?

The crossed structure formed when the optic nerves from the eyes cross before entering the brain is called the optic chiasm. It is where the nasal fibers from each eye cross over to the opposite side of the brain.


What nerve contains sensory nerves from both eyes?

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What is the white matter tracts between the optic nerves and optic tracts?

The white matter tract between the optic nerves and optic tracts is called the optic chiasm. It is located at the base of the brain and is where the optic nerves from each eye partially cross over to the opposite side of the brain. This crossing allows for visual information from both eyes to be integrated and processed in the brain.


Can huskies go blind?

Anything that has Eyes and optic nerves can suffer damage to the Eyes and optic nerves, making them blind. So yeah, bloodhounds can go blind.


How do your eyes fall out?

Your eyes cannot "fall out"; they are bound to your brain by the optic nerves and held to the skull by the musculature used to move control them.


What carries messages to the brain about sight?

Optic nerves


What nerve carries the action potentials from the ganglion cells to the thalamus of the brain?

The optic nerves carry the impulses from the eyes to the visual area of the thalamus.


Is the optic tract anatomically different from the right optic nerve?

The right optic tract carries information from the left hand side of both eyes visual field, where-as the right optic nerve carries information solely from the right had eye. After the optic nerves from both eyes perform this partial intersection (in the optic chiasm) they then become known as the optic tract. Hope this helps.


My eye doctor said my optic nerves are huge in both of my eyes is that why my pupils are so big all the time?

Optic nerves can make eye pupils be big all the time. If the eye doctor told you this then it is correct.


What nerve is carrying impulses from the eye to the thalamus?

The optic nerves carry the impulses from the eyes to the visual area of the thalamus.


How does the message from the nerve cells in the eyes reach the brain?

The message from nerve cells in the eyes is transmitted through the optic nerve to the brain. The optic nerve carries this visual information to the brain's visual cortex, where it is processed and interpreted.