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    SECOND CRANIAL NERVE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The cranial nerve that serves the retinaplay

    Synonyms:

    nervus opticus; optic nerve; optic tract; second cranial nerve

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("second cranial nerve" is a kind of...):

    cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

    Holonyms ("second cranial nerve" is a part of...):

    visual system (the sensory system for vision)

    betweenbrain; diencephalon; interbrain; thalmencephalon (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)

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