TY - CHAP AU - Salazar Corral, Juan José AU - Ramírez Sebastián, Ana Isabel AU - Hoz Montañana, María Rosa De AU - García Martín, Elena Salobrar AU - Rojas Lozano, María Del Pilar AU - Fernández Arrabal, José A. AU - López Cuenca, Inés AU - Rojas López, María Blanca AU - Triviño Casado, Alberto AU - Ramírez Sebastián, José Manuel A4 - Ferreri, Felicia M. DA - Submitted: February 28th 2018Reviewed: June 28th 2018Published: November 5th 2018 PY - 2018 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.79827 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13983 AB - The optic nerve (ON) is constituted by the axons of the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). These axons are distributed in an organized pattern from the soma of the RGC to the lateral geniculated nucleus (where most of the neurons synapse). The key points... LA - eng PB - IntechOpen KW - Optic nerve KW - Lamina cribosa KW - Prelaminar region KW - Retrolaminar region KW - Vascularization KW - Glioarchitecture KW - Blood barrier TI - Anatomy of the Human Optic Nerve: Structure and Function TY - book part ER -