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central artery of the retina — noun a branch of the ophthalmic artery; enters the eyeball with the optic nerve • Syn: ↑arteria centralis retinae • Hypernyms: ↑artery, ↑arteria, ↑arterial blood vessel • Part Holonyms: ↑eye, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
central vein of the retina — n a vein that is formed by union of the veins draining the retina, passes with the central artery of the retina in the optic nerve, and empties into the superior ophthalmic vein called also central retinal vein … Medical dictionary
central artery — n a branch of the ophthalmic artery or the lacrimal artery that enters the substance of the optic nerve and supplies the retina … Medical dictionary
Central retinal artery — The blood vessel that carries blood into the eye and supplies nutrition to the retina. The counterpart to the central retinal artery is the central retinal vein, the vessel that carries blood away from the retina. * * * central retinal artery n… … Medical dictionary
Retina — The retina is the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, senses light, and creates impulses that travel through the optic nerve to the brain. There is a small area, called the macula, in the retina that contains special light sensitive cells … Medical dictionary
Retina — For the Retina display in the iPhone 4, see iPhone 4#Display. Retina Right human eye cross sectional view. Courtesy NIH National Eye Institute. Many animals hav … Wikipedia
Central retinal vein — The blood vessel that carries blood away from the retina of the eye. The counterpart to the central retinal vein is the central retinal artery, the blood vessel that carries blood into the eye and supplies nutrition to the retina. * * * central… … Medical dictionary
Central retinal artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteria centralis retinae GraySubject = 146 GrayPage = 571 Caption = The ophthalmic artery and its branches. (Central retinal artery visible at center.) Caption2 = Interior of posterior half of bulb of left… … Wikipedia
Hyaloid artery — Artery: Hyaloid artery The hyaloid artery is located on the gray band near the center of the image. Latin arteria hyaloidea … Wikipedia
Artery, central retinal — The blood vessel that carries blood into the eye and supplies nutrition to the retina. The counterpart to the central retinal artery is the central retinal vein, the vessel that carries blood away from the retina … Medical dictionary
