NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

BRAIN

CRANIAL NERVES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Carries visual input from eyes to occipital lobe
A
optic nerve
B
olfactory nerve
C
hypoglossal nerve
D
spinal accessory nerve
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Optic nerve: This cranial nerve sends visual information from your retina to your brain. It consists of more than 1 million nerve fibers. It’s a busy highway!

Detailed explanation-2: -The optic nerve is the nerve at the back of the eye that carries visual information from the eye to the brain.

Detailed explanation-3: -The visual pathway begins with photoreceptors in the retina and ends in the visual cortex of the occipital lobe. The photoreceptors are cells of two types: rods and cones. Rods play a special role in peripheral vision and in vision under low light conditions.

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