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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	A08.800.800.120.680.660 A09.371.729.690
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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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Peripheral Nervous System [A08.800]
Peripheral Nerves [A08.800.800]
Cranial Nerves [A08.800.800.120]
Optic Nerve [A08.800.800.120.680]
Optic Disk [A08.800.800.120.680.660]
Sense Organs [A09]
Eye [A09.371]
Retina [A09.371.729]
Optic Disk [A09.371.729.690]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	1	2
2011	3	4	7
2012	3	0	3
2013	2	0	2
2014	2	2	4
2016	1	0	1
2018	0	1	1
2020	0	1	1
2022	1	0	1
2025	0	1	1

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Kolovos A, Qassim A, Hassall MM, Marshall HN, Schmidt J, Nguyen TT, He W, Mullany S, Hollitt GL, Berry EC, Tang V, Zhou T, Lake S, Mills R, Landers J, Casson RJ, Galanopoulos A, Graham SL, Schulz A, Healey PR, Mitchell P, Goldberg I, Grigg J, Ruddle J, Mackey DA, Burdon KP, Hewitt AW, Seviiri M, Gharahkhani P, Souzeau E, Siggs OM, MacGregor S, Craig JE. A Multitrait Open-Angle Glaucoma Polygenic Risk Score Stratifies Risk of Glaucoma Diagnosis and Severity in Eyes with Pseudoexfoliation. Ophthalmology. 2025 Aug; 132(8):878-887.

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Marshall H, Berry EC, Torres SD, Mullany S, Schmidt J, Thomson D, Nguyen TT, Knight LS, Hollitt G, Qassim A, Kolovos A, Ridge B, Schulz A, Lake S, Mills RA, Agar A, Galanopoulos A, Landers J, Healey PR, Graham SL, Hewitt AW, Casson RJ, MacGregor S, Siggs OM, Craig JE. Association Between Body Mass Index and Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in Three Cohorts. Am J Ophthalmol. 2023 01; 245:126-133.

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Marshall H, Mullany S, Qassim A, Siggs O, Hassall M, Ridge B, Nguyen T, Awadalla M, Andrew NH, Healey PR, Agar A, Galanopoulos A, Hewitt AW, MacGregor S, Graham SL, Mills R, Shulz A, Landers J, Casson RJ, Craig JE. Cardiovascular Disease Predicts Structural and Functional Progression in Early Glaucoma. Ophthalmology. 2021 01; 128(1):58-69.

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Sawalha K, Adeodokun S, Kamoga GR. COVID-19-Induced Acute Bilateral Optic Neuritis. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan-Dec; 8:2324709620976018.

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Jastrzembski B, Torun N. A 45-year-old man with unilateral optic disc edema and vision loss. Digit J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan; 25(1):16-20.

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Gharahkhani P, Burdon KP, Cooke Bailey JN, Hewitt AW, Law MH, Pasquale LR, Kang JH, Haines JL, Souzeau E, Zhou T, Siggs OM, Landers J, Awadalla M, Sharma S, Mills RA, Ridge B, Lynn D, Casson R, Graham SL, Goldberg I, White A, Healey PR, Grigg J, Lawlor M, Mitchell P, Ruddle J, Coote M, Walland M, Best S, Vincent A, Gale J, RadfordSmith G, Whiteman DC, Montgomery GW, Martin NG, Mackey DA, Wiggs JL, MacGregor S, Craig JE. Analysis combining correlated glaucoma traits identifies five new risk loci for open-angle glaucoma. Sci Rep. 2018 02 15; 8(1):3124.

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Bemis AM, Pirie CG, LoPinto AJ, Maranda L. Reproducibility and repeatability of optical coherence tomography imaging of the optic nerve head in normal beagle eyes. Vet Ophthalmol. 2017 Nov; 20(6):480-487.

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Kleinberg TT, Bilyk JR. Evolution of Disc Edema in Thyroid-Related Compressive Optic Neuropathy. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Jul-Aug; 32(4):e100.

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Springelkamp H, H?hn R, Mishra A, Hysi PG, Khor CC, Loomis SJ, Bailey JN, Gibson J, Thorleifsson G, Janssen SF, Luo X, Ramdas WD, Vithana E, Nongpiur ME, Montgomery GW, Xu L, Mountain JE, Gharahkhani P, Lu Y, Amin N, Karssen LC, Sim KS, van Leeuwen EM, Iglesias AI, Verhoeven VJ, Hauser MA, Loon SC, Despriet DD, Nag A, Venturini C, Sanfilippo PG, Schillert A, Kang JH, Landers J, Jonasson F, Cree AJ, van Koolwijk LM, Rivadeneira F, Souzeau E, Jonsson V, Menon G, Weinreb RN, de Jong PT, Oostra BA, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, Ennis S, Thorsteinsdottir U, Burdon KP, Spector TD, Mirshahi A, Saw SM, Vingerling JR, Teo YY, Haines JL, Wolfs RC, Lemij HG, Tai ES, Jansonius NM, Jonas JB, Cheng CY, Aung T, Viswanathan AC, Klaver CC, Craig JE, Macgregor S, Mackey DA, Lotery AJ, Stefansson K, Bergen AA, Young TL, Wiggs JL, Pfeiffer N, Wong TY, Pasquale LR, Hewitt AW, van Duijn CM, Hammond CJ. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies novel loci that influence cupping and the glaucomatous process. Nat Commun. 2014 Sep 22; 5:4883.

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Burdett TC, Freeman MR. Neuroscience. Astrocytes eyeball axonal mitochondria. Science. 2014 Jul 25; 345(6195):385-6.

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