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Noun: second cranial nerve
  1. The cranial nerve that serves the retina
    "Damage to the second cranial nerve can result in vision loss";
    - optic nerve, nervus opticus, optic tract

Derived forms: second cranial nerves

Type of: cranial nerve

Part of: betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, visual system

Encyclopedia: Second cranial nerve