neuron projection bundle connecting eye with brain
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004904
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 ]
Synonyms: optic nerve (generic)
Term info
- BTO:0000966
- FBbt:00001956
- TADS:0000232
- EV:0100351
pheno_slim, grouping_class
for the vertebrate-specific structure, see UBERON:0000941 (cranial nerve II)
optic nerve
uberon
UBERON:0004904
Term relations
- neuron projection bundle and extends_fibers_into some brain and extends_fibers_into some photoreceptor array
- neuron projection bundle
- extends_fibers_into some photoreceptor array
- part of some visual system
- extends_fibers_into some brain