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ciliary nerve — see LONG CILIARY NERVE, SHORT CILIARY NERVE … Medical dictionary
Short ciliary nerves — Infobox Nerve Name = Short ciliary nerves Latin = nervi ciliares breves GraySubject = 200 GrayPage = 889 Caption = Plan of oculomotor nerve. (Short ciliary labeled at center right.) Caption2 = Innervates = BranchFrom = ciliary ganglion BranchTo … Wikipedia
long ciliary nerve — n any of two or three nerves that are given off by the nasociliary nerve as it crosses the optic nerve, pass through the posterior part of the sclera, and run forward between the sclera and the choroid to be distributed to the iris and cornea… … Medical dictionary
Ciliary ganglion — Nerve: Ciliary ganglion Detailed view of nerves of lateral orbit showing the ciliary ganglion immediately behind the globe of the eye … Wikipedia
Ciliary muscle — The choroid and iris. (Ciliary muscle is labeled near top.) Latin musculus ciliaris Gray s … Wikipedia
Nerve of pterygoid canal — Nerve: Nerve of pterygoid canal Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Vidian nerve labeled at upper right.) Latin n. canalis pterygoidei Gray s … Wikipedia
Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated … Medical dictionary
Ciliary processes — Interior of anterior half of bulb of eye. (Ciliary process visible at upper right.) … Wikipedia
short posterior ciliary artery — n any of 6 to 10 arteries that arise from the ophthalmic artery or its branches, pass to the posterior part of the eyeball while surrounding the optic nerve, and enter or divide into branches entering the sclera to supply the choroid and the… … Medical dictionary
Ophthalmic nerve — Nerve: Ophthalmic nerve Oblique section through the cavernous sinus. Nerves of the orbit, and the … Wikipedia
