 Optic Disk
"Optic Disk" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The portion of the optic nerve seen in the fundus with the ophthalmoscope. It is formed by the meeting of all the retinal ganglion cell axons as they enter the optic nerve.
| Descriptor ID |
D009898
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120.680.660 A09.371.729.690
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| Concept/Terms |
Optic Disk- Optic Disk
- Disk, Optic
- Disks, Optic
- Optic Disks
- Optic Papilla
- Optic Papillas
- Papilla, Optic
- Papillas, Optic
- Optic Nerve Head
- Head, Optic Nerve
- Heads, Optic Nerve
- Nerve Head, Optic
- Nerve Heads, Optic
- Optic Nerve Heads
Blind Spot- Blind Spot
- Blind Spots
- Spot, Blind
- Spots, Blind
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Optic Disk" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Chacko JG, Behbehani R, Hundley KN, Al-Fanek Y. Bortezomib-Associated Optic Atrophy in Two Patients With Multiple Myeloma. J Neuroophthalmol. 2018 12; 38(4):473-475.
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Pakravan M, Esfandiari H, Hassanpour K, Razavi S, Pakravan P. The Effect of Combined Systemic Erythropoietin and Steroid on Non-arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy: A Prospective Study. Curr Eye Res. 2017 07; 42(7):1079-1084.
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Pakravan M, Javadi MA, Yazdani S, Ghahari E, Behroozi Z, Soleimanizad R, Moghimi S, Nilforoushan N, Zarei R, Eslami Y, Ghassami M, Ziaei H, Katibeh M, Tabesh H, Yaseri M. Distribution of intraocular pressure, central corneal thickness and vertical cup-to-disc ratio in a healthy Iranian population: the Yazd Eye Study. Acta Ophthalmol. 2017 Mar; 95(2):e144-e151.
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Yazdani S, Samadi P, Pakravan M, Esfandiari H, Ghahari E, Nourinia R. Peripapillary RNFL Thickness Changes after Panretinal Photocoagulation. Optom Vis Sci. 2016 09; 93(9):1158-62.
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