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... optic nerve at the optic foramen , the opening through which the nerve passes , and are attached to the sclera , the opaque portion of the eyeball , in front of the equator , or widest part , of the eye . The superior oblique muscle ...
... optic nerve at the optic foramen , the opening through which the nerve passes , and are attached to the sclera , the opaque portion of the eyeball , in front of the equator , or widest part , of the eye . The superior oblique muscle ...
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... optic nerve fibres pass to the opposite side of the brain . The fibres of the optic tracts relay their messages to nerve cells in those parts of the diencephalon called the lateral geniculate bodies , and from the lateral geniculate ...
... optic nerve fibres pass to the opposite side of the brain . The fibres of the optic tracts relay their messages to nerve cells in those parts of the diencephalon called the lateral geniculate bodies , and from the lateral geniculate ...
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... optic nerve . The optic nerve , which carries about one million nerve fibres , leaves the globe from the back of the eye and passes through the apex of the orbit into the cranial cavity . It is surrounded by an extension of the ...
... optic nerve . The optic nerve , which carries about one million nerve fibres , leaves the globe from the back of the eye and passes through the apex of the orbit into the cranial cavity . It is surrounded by an extension of the ...
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