"Optic Nerve Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Conditions which produce injury or dysfunction of the second cranial or optic nerve, which is generally considered a component of the central nervous system. Damage to optic nerve fibers may occur at or near their origin in the retina, at the optic disk, or in the nerve, optic chiasm, optic tract, or lateral geniculate nuclei. Clinical manifestations may include decreased visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, impaired color vision, and an afferent pupillary defect.
| Descriptor ID |
D009901
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.292.700 C11.640
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| Concept/Terms |
Optic Nerve Diseases- Optic Nerve Diseases
- Optic Nerve Disease
- Second Cranial Nerve Diseases
- Neural-Optical Lesion
- Lesion, Neural-Optical
- Lesions, Neural-Optical
- Neural Optical Lesion
- Neural-Optical Lesions
- Optic Neuropathy
- Neuropathies, Optic
- Neuropathy, Optic
- Optic Neuropathies
- Cranial Nerve II Diseases
- Cranial Nerve II Disorder
Optic Disk Disorders- Optic Disk Disorders
- Disk Disorder, Optic
- Disk Disorders, Optic
- Optic Disk Disorder
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