The optic nerves carry visual signals from each eye into the head. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
There is one portion of the retina called the optic dist which has no photoreceptors. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
Doctors said Savannah's blindness was caused by a condition known as optic nerve hypoplasia. From Wordnik.com. [KMBC.com - Local News] Reference
Glaucoma is an eye disease that causes loss of sight by damaging a part of the eye called the optic nerve. From Wordnik.com. [Press Releases] Reference
A gene linked to a leading cause of blindness in children, called optic nerve hypoplasia, was also identified. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
Glaucoma causes loss of sight by damaging a part of the eye called the optic nerve, which sends information from the eyes to the brain. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
The midbrain bears swellings that are particularly concerned with the sense of sight and are therefore termed the optic lobes ( "sight" G). From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
Brandon was 6 months old when he was diagnosed with a birth defect called optic nerve hypoplasia, in which the optic nerve never fully develops in utero. From Wordnik.com. [Gazette.com :] Reference
One neuron in the area called the optic tectum because it sits on the "roof" of the brain, sends axons to others in a knob of tissue called the nucleus isthmi. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
These diverticula make their appearance before the closure of the anterior end of the neural tube; after the closure of the tube they are known as the optic vesicles. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. The Organ of Sight] Reference
It's a really good optic, is it not?. From Wordnik.com. [what is acceptable accuracy in a varminting rifle? moa, sub moa, what kinda velocities and energy? shouldn't have to be alot.] Reference
The “deal” can also be seen as a kind of optic for the conservative leaning general public, as well as legislators. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » What Theda Skocpol Said] Reference
It seems to be some kind of optic-lobe hack that accesses a collaborative database of eigenfaces, with some sort of side-interface to Broca's region. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
VM have a fibre optic which is capable of pouring the whole world into my house ON Demand - what are thet messing around at?. From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
Is the effect referable to the color in the glass, or to some kind of optic action, which the most transparent glass might produce?. From Wordnik.com. [On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature] Reference
No UV lights — only fiber-optic ones — are used, since they fade materials. From Wordnik.com. ['Hellcat or Helpmate': The Mary Todd Lincoln Saga] Reference
It laid more fiber-optic cable last year than the entire cable industry combined. From Wordnik.com. [Big Brother's Holding Company] Reference
The chip relays electric impulses that travel through the optic nerve to the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Out Of Sight] Reference
In 2000, the capacity of the same fiber-optic strand has multiplied about 32,000 times. From Wordnik.com. [The Gathering Tech Carnage] Reference
Fiber-optic cable transmits huge masses of it, and good old telephony allows the dialogue. From Wordnik.com. [Big Brother's Holding Company] Reference
Each is outfitted with a flat-screen TV, fiber-optic-lit pool, Wi-Fi and an iPod connector in the bathtub. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Spot: Beach House At Manafaru, Maldives] Reference
He ardently promotes a scheme to build a nationwide fiber-optic networkeven if it requires taxpayer money. From Wordnik.com. [Eyes On The Future] Reference
Laser-light show: Disco-ball fiber-optic lighting sets the mood, with a dance floor below and a mirrored ceiling above. From Wordnik.com. [Russia] Reference
To lure in more high-tech businesses, the center is now wired with fiber-optic cable, T-1 lines and DSL Internet hookups. From Wordnik.com. [In The Boonies, An Oasis Of Success] Reference
By 2015, the Bell hopes to wire every home in California with fiber-optic cable. it plans to spin off its cellular division. From Wordnik.com. [The Bells: Reach Out And Buy Somebody] Reference
After the gulf war, Saddam contracted with the Chinese to construct an underground fiber-optic-cable communications network. From Wordnik.com. [Spies, Lies &Amp; Iraq] Reference
For the environmentally conscious, Neues Licht of Denmark uses fiber-optic cables in its energy-efficient Scintilla chandeliers. From Wordnik.com. [Leading Lights] Reference
Today's wars are fought over tiny strands of high-strength glass, called fiber-optic cable, and the pulses of light that they transport. From Wordnik.com. [Eyes On The Future] Reference
His company has just seen a 20 percent drop in its sales of fiber-optic components, because of canceled orders by struggling Cisco and Nortel. From Wordnik.com. [Telecom's Big Tumble] Reference
But Gore will apply his longstanding interest in science and technology to shepherding a national fiber-optic network and other high-tech projects. From Wordnik.com. [Gore: Playing Second Fiddle] Reference
AmeritechThis Bell hasn't signed up a cable company, but Ameritech expects half its 11 million customers to have access to fiber-optic lines by 1995. From Wordnik.com. [The Bells: Reach Out And Buy Somebody] Reference
By 1981, when he won a Nobel, the technology was almost ubiquitous; lasers play compact discs, course through optic fiber, read UPC codes and power weapons. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Talk-Show Avoidance' Strategy] Reference
Only after business finds a way to use the stuff it bought in the 1990s (think of all those miles of unused fiber-optic cables) will it start spending again. From Wordnik.com. [Frozen By Uncertainty] Reference
English will be the language at the affair, though the crowd will probably represent the diverse, youthful community that has flowered on the world's growing fiber-optic vines. From Wordnik.com. [Computers: Hackers Play The Field] Reference
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