The optic cup is the white, cup-like area in the center of the optic disc. The ratio of the size of the optic cup to the optic disc (cup-to-disc ratio...

Optic cup may refer to: Optic cup (anatomical), the white cup-like area in the center of the optic disc Optic cup (embryology), a structure in embryos...

bulb of the optic vesicles becomes thickened and invaginated, and the bulb is thus converted into a cup, the optic cup (or ophthalmic cup), consisting...

This anatomical feature is a significant factor in the development of NAION. Individuals predisposed to this condition typically have smaller optic discs...

optic disc or optic nerve head is the point of exit for ganglion cell axons leaving the eye. Because there are no rods or cones overlying the optic disc...

points, which allows a quantitative assessment of all relevant anatomical structures: disc cup (shape, asymmetry), neuroretinal rim (area and volume) and...

long axon that extends into the brain. These axons form the optic nerve, optic chiasm, and optic tract. A small percentage of retinal ganglion cells contribute...

constitutes the optic stalk. Closure of the choroidal fissure in the optic stalk occurs during the seventh week of development. The former optic stalk is then...

from the eye through the optic canal in the skull and attaches to the diencephalon. The retina itself is derived from the optic cup, a part of the embryonic...

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that can lead to damage of the optic nerve. The optic nerve transmits visual information from the eye to the brain. Glaucoma...

P cell, M cell, K cell, Muller glia Other Macula Perifoveal area Parafoveal area Fovea Foveal avascular zone Foveola Optic disc Optic cup Ora serrata...

Neuroblast Germinal matrix Eye development Neural tube: Optic vesicle Optic stalk Optic cup Surface ectoderm: Lens placode Otic placode Otic pit Otic...

age) have experienced confirmed visual and anatomical changes during or after long-duration flights. Optic disc edema, globe flattening, choroidal folds...

P cell, M cell, K cell, Muller glia Other Macula Perifoveal area Parafoveal area Fovea Foveal avascular zone Foveola Optic disc Optic cup Ora serrata...

NAION (non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy). Most, but not all, of these patients had underlying anatomic or vascular risk factors for development...

of the optic nerve is the formation of an eye cup as the epithelium adjacent to the cut folds inward. This occurs within a day after the optic nerve is...

signals to the brain through neural pathways that connect the eye via the optic nerve to the visual cortex and other areas of the brain. Eyes with resolving...

culture method differentiate into various neural tissue types, such as the optic cup, hippocampus, ventral parts of the teleencephelon and dorsal cortex. Furthermore...

Black Box. Although Behe acknowledged that the evolution of the larger anatomical features of the eye have been well-explained, he pointed out that the...

P cell, M cell, K cell, Muller glia Other Macula Perifoveal area Parafoveal area Fovea Foveal avascular zone Foveola Optic disc Optic cup Ora serrata...

water pressure. Sharks and rays are basal fish with numerous primitive anatomical features similar to those of ancient fish, including skeletons composed...

P cell, M cell, K cell, Muller glia Other Macula Perifoveal area Parafoveal area Fovea Foveal avascular zone Foveola Optic disc Optic cup Ora serrata...

inferior to the optic nerve within its dural sheath to the eyeball. The central retinal artery pierces the eyeball close to the optic nerve, sending branches...

reappears. Over time, pigment-cupped photoreceptors called ocelli develop, leading to the full restoration of the optic cushion (collection of ocelli)...

for visual prosthetic implants find the procedure most successful if the optic nerve was developed prior to the onset of blindness. Persons born with blindness...

information. Disturbance of only visual motion is possible due to the anatomical separation of visual motion processing from other functions. Like akinetopsia...

objects in a context (as in a scenario, e.g. the forest for the trees). Optic ataxia: where the patient cannot use visuospatial information to guide arm...

scientists to describe tissues. It's much more appropriate and helpful to use anatomic terms or physical terms that make sense. Hamish D. McKee; Luciane C.D....

anatomy were described. Alexander Kowalevsky first described the key anatomical features of the adult amphioxus (hollow dorsal nerve tube, endostyle,...

vulnerable to increased pressure within the eye (glaucoma) since this cups and damages the optic nerve at this point, resulting in impaired vision. Other constraints...