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Optic Nerve

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Optic Disorders and Visual Field

Part of the book series: Advances in Visual Science and Eye Diseases ((AVSED,volume 2))

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The axons of RGCs gather at the level of the optic disc and then are divided into bundles, running through the lamina cribrosa of the sclera and then piercing the eyeball posteriorly to form the optic nerve.

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  1. Xiamen Eye Center of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

    Xuyang Liu

  2. Shenzhen Eye Hospital, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

    Xuyang Liu

  3. The First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China

    Jia Ma

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

    Ningli Wang

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  2. Xiamen Eye Center of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

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  3. Shenzhen Eye Hospital, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

    Ning Fan

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Liu, X., Ma, J., Wang, N. (2019). Optic Nerve. In: Wang, N., Liu, X., Fan, N. (eds) Optic Disorders and Visual Field. Advances in Visual Science and Eye Diseases, vol 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2502-1_2

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