optic nerve

English

Noun

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

Translations

second cranial nerve

• Catalan: nervi òptic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視神經／视神经 (zh) (shìshénjīng)

• Czech: zrakový nerv (cs) m
• Finnish: näköhermo
• French: nerf optique (fr) m
• Galician: nervio óptico m
• German: Sehnerv (de) m
• Hungarian: látóideg (hu)
• Icelandic: sjóntaug (is) f
• Italian: nervo ottico m
• Japanese: 視神経 (ja) (ししんけい, shishinkei)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: demara bînînê f

• Latvian: redzes nervs m
• Maori: io whatu
• Portuguese: nervo óptico (pt) m, nervo ótico m
• Russian: зри́тельный нерв (ru) m (zrítelʹnyj nerv)
• Spanish: nervio óptico (es) m
• Swedish: synnerv (sv)
• Ukrainian: зорови́й нерв m (zorovýj nerv)

See also

• optic chiasm

References

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