optic nerve

second cranial nerve, which connects the eyes to the brain
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optic nerve
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optic nerve

Summary

optic nerve is a cranial nervi[1]. It draws 234 Wikipedia views per month (cranial_nervi category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • optic nerve's image is recorded as Gray773.png[3].
  • optic nerve's instance of is recorded as cranial nervi[4].
  • optic nerve's instance of is recorded as sensory nerve[5].
  • optic nerve's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[6].
  • optic nerve's GND ID is recorded as 4205981-1[7].
  • optic nerve's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85095130[8].
  • optic nerve's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119468428[9].
  • optic nerve's subclass of is recorded as nerve trunk[10].
  • optic nerve's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[11].
  • optic nerve's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00571252[12].
  • optic nerve's Commons category is recorded as Nervus opticus[13].
  • optic nerve's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D009900[14].
  • optic nerve's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 44355[15].
  • optic nerve's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013wbs[16].
  • optic nerve's MeSH tree code is recorded as A08.800.800.120.680[17].
  • optic nerve's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph301300[18].
  • optic nerve's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Optic nerve[19].
  • optic nerve's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 612.843[20].
  • optic nerve's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 611.84[21].
  • optic nerve's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 573.8828[22].
  • optic nerve's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 612.819[23].
  • optic nerve's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A14.2.01.006[24].
  • optic nerve's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A15.2.04.024[25].
  • optic nerve's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[26].
  • optic nerve's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[27].

Why It Matters

optic nerve draws 234 Wikipedia views per month (cranial_nervi category, ranking #2 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: 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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