optic nerve

English

Noun

optic nerve (plural optic nerves)

(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, toinen aivohermo
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.

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