optic disc
n.
(Anatomy) optic disk, point where the optic nerve joins the retina, area in the retina of the eye which is not sensitive to light
Optic disc
The optic disc or optic nerve head is the location where
ganglion cell axons exit the
eye to form the
optic nerve. There are no light sensitive
rods or cones to respond to a
light stimulus at this point thus it is also known as "the blind spot" or "anatomical blind spot"; the break in the
visual field created by the optic disc is also called "
the blind spot" or "physiological blind spot". The optic nerve head in a normal human eye carries from 1 to 1.2 million
neurons from the eye towards the brain.
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Optic disc
optic disc
Noun
1. the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light
(synonym) blind spot, optic disk
(hypernym) point
(part-holonym) retina
Optic disc
the junction of all of the retinal nerve fibers at the beginning of the optic nerve. Appears as a grayish disc shape near the fovea in fundus photos.