Optic nerve disorders range from the manifestations of life-threatening intracranial or systemic disease, to minor congenital anomalies. Careful clinical assessment, which relies upon a thorough ...

Ophthalmoscopy (also called fundoscopy or funduscopy) is an exam your doctor, optometrist, or ophthalmologist uses to look into the back of your eye. It lets them see the retina (which senses light ...

Ophthalmology trainees and comprehensive ophthalmologists who participated in an Internet-based multinational study to assess optic discs were about twice as likely to underestimate as to overestimate ...

Optic nerve avulsion is a rare presentation of ocular trauma. The diagnosis of this entity is often obscured by the presence of concomitant vitreous haemorrhage, which precludes the visualization of ...

The optic disc is a non-sensory spot in the retina where the axons of the ganglion cells carrying afferent light-induced impulses to the visual cortex of the brain converge to leave the eye. It ...

The following text summarizes information provided in the video. In the human body, only the retina allows the examiner to achieve direct visualization of the central nervous system and the ...

Disorders of the optic nerve represent a relatively common cause of visual loss. The optic nerve is a white-matter tract that relays information from the retina to the brain areas of visual processing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 32-year-old African-American male presented to the urgent care department of the clinic with a ...

Individuals with glaucoma have increased IOP or consequent loss of blood flow to some regions of the eye, resulting in the death of optic nerve cells. The center of the optic disc (known as the cup) ...