The ophthalmic nerve is the first branch of the trigeminal nerve, which is also known as the fifth cranial nerve. The ...

The hypothesis that it disrupts the function of retinal ganglion cell axons by increasing mechanical forces on the lamina cribrosa of the optic nerve head has received considerable experimental ...

Evidence for this function first came from studies of the organ's anatomy and its nerves as ... The coelacanth has large eyes attached to thick optic nerves. Each eye has few cones, which register ...