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Ciliary arteries
Branches of a major artery in the eye / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The ciliary arteries are divisible into three groups, the long posterior, short posterior, and the anterior.
- The short posterior ciliary arteries from six to twelve in number, arise from the ophthalmic artery as it crosses the optic nerve.
- The long posterior ciliary arteries, two for each eye, pierce the posterior part of the sclera at some little distance from the optic nerve.
- The anterior ciliary arteries are derived from the muscular branches of the ophthalmic artery.
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Ciliary arteries | |
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![]() The arteries of the choroid and iris. The greater part of the sclera has been removed. | |
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Latin | arteriae ciliares |
MeSH | D019842 |
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