How to Use optic nerve in a Sentence

optic nerve

noun

• The ganglion cells then send the signals via the optic nerve to the brain.
  — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 24 May 2021
• Cells in the retina send signals to the brain via the optic nerve.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2018
• But their eyes still have the ganglion cells that route these signals to the brain via the optic nerve.
  — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 24 May 2021
• Each of your eyes has a small blind spot where the optic nerve passes through the retina.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017
• When light hits the rod and cone cells, nerve impulses are triggered and sent to the brain through the optic nerve.
  — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2020
• In humans and most vertebrates the optic nerve fibers pass through the retina and out of the back of the eyeball.
  — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2020
• The visual system includes the eyes, the optic nerves that connect the eyes to the brain, and the brain’s visual cortex.
  — Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
• The damage to your optic nerve is caused by a buildup of fluid inside your eye.
  — Meghan Rabbitt, Good Housekeeping, 14 Oct. 2021
• Over time, this can put undue pressure on the optic nerve.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, Health.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• Light still streams into the eye through the unaffected lens, and that light could still make its way to the brain via the optic nerve.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 May 2021
• The fluid and pressure built up and crushed his optic nerves, leaving him blind.
  — Priority Health, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2018
• And that increased pressure can, in turn, damage the optic nerve.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2019
• Emma has also has them on her optic nerves and brain stem.
  — AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2017
• Glaucoma: Pressure buildup in the eye can cause damage to the optic nerve over time.
  — Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2020
• There is squirting blood, a loose eye still attached to an optic nerve, and so much squelching.
  — Kelsea Stahler, refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2020
• Her cancer had spread from her left eye to her right optic nerve and spine, and around her brain and spinal cord, the legal complaint says.
  — Daniel Chang, miamiherald, 21 May 2018
• In glaucoma, the optic nerve gets damaged, often by a buildup of pressure in the eye.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 2 Dec. 2020
• One of the main hurdles is getting the optic nerve, which links the eye to the brain, to regenerate completely.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
• The cells converted that light into nerve signals that traveled to the back of his brain through an optic nerve.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 Apr. 2022
• At the age of eight, Lillard was diagnosed with epilepsy and had a tumor on his optic nerve.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 12 Mar. 2022
• These then produce the normal protein the cells need to translate the electrical signals to the optic nerve.
  — Alice Park, Time, 20 Dec. 2017
• Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the optic nerve.
  — Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2022
• Doctors revived him, but damage to his optic nerve left him blind.
  — Margalit Fox, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2020
• The tumor had done the most damage to her optic nerves, leaving her legally blind in her left eye and with only half the vision in her right.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 13 May 2018
• But in this woman, the optic nerve on both sides looked completely normal.
  — Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2020
• So, the researchers damaged the optic nerve, then activated the three stem cell genes in the retinal ganglion cells.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2020
• The condition, which damages the eye’s optic nerve, is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide.
  — Science, 3 Dec. 2020
• The brain is receiving messages from the eyeball, so the connection of the optic nerve to the brain, something’s happening.
  — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• Furthermore, the pituitary gland also resides next to the optic nerve, which carries inputs from the eyes to the brain.
  — Doug Adler, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2020
• These cells convert light into an electrical signal that travels to the brain via the optic nerve.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 19 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 28 May 2024