How does the optic nerve affect vision?

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Sukimen
Apr 29, 2018

The optic nerve is crucial to how we 'see' or 'perceive vision.'

Explanation:

The purpose of the optic nerve is to transfer visual information from the retina to the 'vision centres' of the brain through electrical impulses.

It serves as a type of special microscope, allowing us to perceive information that we 'see' and comprehend it in the brain. Thus, if the optic nerve is damaged, we wouldn't be able to 'see' the world around us clearly or even at all.

However, it is only one of the several pairs of cranial nerves!

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