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neuron projection bundle connecting eye with brain
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A neuron projection bundle that connects the retina or its analog in the eye with the brain. This includes the vertebrate optic nerve (not truly a nerve) as well as analogous structures such as the Bolwig nerve in Drosophila [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
neuron projection bundle connecting eye with brain
Synonyms
- optic nerve (generic)
Subsets
pheno_slim, grouping_class
comment
for the vertebrate-specific structure, see UBERON:0000941 (cranial nerve II)
has broad synonym
optic nerve
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0004904
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- neuron projection bundle and extends_fibers_into some brain and extends_fibers_into some photoreceptor array
Subclass of:
- neuron projection bundle
- extends_fibers_into some photoreceptor array
- part of some visual system
- extends_fibers_into some brain