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When the eyeball is removed is the optic nerve also removed?
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Partially: When the eye is enucleated, part of the optic nerve is cut and removed with the eye. If the eye is eviscerated, the nerve and the sclera of the eye are left behind after removing the internal contents of the eyeball.
Answered 11/7/2012
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