Term Information

Accession
GO:0021631
Name
optic nerve morphogenesis
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
CN II morphogenesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which the anatomical structure of the optic nerve is generated and organized. The sensory optic nerve originates from the bipolar cells of the retina and conducts visual information to the brainstem. The optic nerve exits the back of the eye in the orbit, enters the optic canal, and enters the central nervous system at the optic chiasm (crossing) where the nerve fibers become the optic tract just prior to entering the hindbrain. Source: GOC:cls, GOC:dph, GO_REF:0000021, GOC:dgh, GOC:jid, ISBN:0838580343
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0021631 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of optic nerve morphogenesis (GO:0021631)
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optic nerve morphogenesis [is_a relation] is_a  cranial nerve morphogenesis (GO:0021602)
optic nerve morphogenesis [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  optic nerve development (GO:0021554)
Children of optic nerve morphogenesis (GO:0021631)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
optic nerve formation (GO:0021634) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  optic nerve morphogenesis
optic nerve structural organization (GO:0021633) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  optic nerve morphogenesis
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