optic disc

part of the eye
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q16873995
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optic disc

Summary

optic disc is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It draws 140 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #261 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • optic disc's image is recorded as Optic disc detail.png[3].
  • optic disc's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • optic disc's subclass of is recorded as region of optic part of retina[5].
  • optic disc's part of is recorded as eye[6].
  • optic disc's Commons category is recorded as Optic disc[7].
  • optic disc's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D009898[8].
  • optic disc's has part is recorded as neuroretinal rim[9].
  • optic disc's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/042nr_[10].
  • optic disc's MeSH tree code is recorded as A08.800.800.120.680.660[11].
  • optic disc's MeSH tree code is recorded as A09.371.729.690[12].
  • optic disc's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A15.2.04.019[13].
  • optic disc's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[14].
  • optic disc's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 58634[15].
  • optic disc's UBERON ID is recorded as 0001783[16].
  • optic disc's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12760[17].
  • optic disc's different from is recorded as optical disc[18].
  • optic disc's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00011264n[19].
  • optic disc's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0029127[20].
  • optic disc's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0344233[21].
  • optic disc's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as optic-disk[22].
  • optic disc's TA98 Latin term is recorded as discus nervi optici[23].
  • optic disc's Xenopus Anatomical Ontology ID is recorded as XAO_0005066[24].
  • optic disc's Store medisinske leksikon ID is recorded as synsnervepapill[25].
  • optic disc's SNOMED CT ID is recorded as 362518006[26].
  • optic disc's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779735895[27].

Why It Matters

optic disc draws 140 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #261 of 1,372).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov. ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . unifr.ch. unifr.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_optic-disc_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{optic disc}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/optic-disc}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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