The anterior ciliary arteries are seven arteries in each eye-socket that arise from muscular branches of the ophthalmic artery and supply the conjunctiva...

The ciliary arteries are divisible into three groups, the long posterior, short posterior, and the anterior. The short posterior ciliary arteries from...

Short posterior ciliary arteries Aa. ciliares posteriores breves Anterior ciliary artery A. ciliares anterior Central retinal artery A. centralis retinae...

The long posterior ciliary arteries are arteries of the orbit. There are long posterior ciliary arteries two on each side of the body. They are branches...

The short posterior ciliary arteries are a number of branches of the ophthalmic artery. They pass forward with the optic nerve to reach the eyeball, piercing...

ophthalmic artery include the ciliary arteries, which branch into the anterior ciliary arteries. Each rectus muscle receives blood from two anterior ciliary arteries...

is a circular artery of the eye formed by anastomoses of the anterior ciliary arteries and long posterior ciliary arteries at the ciliary body. It supplies...

anterior chamber. The ciliary body is attached to the lens by connective tissue called the Zonule of Zinn (fibers of Zinn). Relaxation of the ciliary...

structures in and around the eye, namely the ciliary body and annular suspension of the lens of the eye. The arteries of the choroid and iris. The greater part...

from the ophthalmic artery. The blood supply to the palpebral conjunctiva (the eyelid) is derived from the external carotid artery. However, the circulations...

layers. The middle (third in number; provided the first layer being the anterior and outermost and the sixth layer being the posterior and the inner most)...

posterior ciliary arteries Anterior ciliary artery Central retinal artery Muscular artery anterior cerebral artery middle cerebral artery anterolateral...

and includes the iris, ciliary body, and choroid. Uveitis is described anatomically, by the part of the eye affected, as anterior, intermediate or posterior...

requires immediate attention. Seven such signs are: Reduced visual acuity Ciliary flush (circumcorneal injection) Corneal abnormalities including edema or...

that involves less trauma than a resection and preserves the anterior ciliary arteries - the latter of which minimizes the risk of blood loss to the...

sometimes used for this condition are "hardening of the arteries" and "narrowing of the arteries". In Latin it is known as morbus ischaemicus cordis (MIC)...

posterior ciliary arteries Supra-orbital artery Anterior ethmoidal artery Posterior ethmoidal artery Supratrochlear artery Dorsal nasal artery Arteries of brain...

and posterior ciliary arteries. Beyond this region, different segments of the optic nerve are supplied by various networks of arteries and capillaries...

Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) is a medical condition involving loss of vision caused by damage to the anterior portion of the optic nerve as...

of the human ocular system, going from the cornea at the front, to the anterior part of the optic nerve at the back. More simply, the eyeball itself, as...

may refer to Circulus arteriosus major, an anastomosis of the anterior ciliary arteries Circulus arteriosus minor, an arterial circle near the pupillary...

attaching the lens at its equator to the rest of the eye through the ciliary body. Behind the lens is the jelly-like vitreous body which helps hold...

observed in humans and cats, ectopia lentis is most commonly seen in dogs. Ciliary zonules normally hold the lens in place. Abnormal development of these...

cell arteritis Severe ophthalmic artery occlusion, due to thromboembolism. Surgical interruption of anterior ciliary blood vessels supplying the eye,...

atherosclerotic carotid artery, any emboli arising from vasculature preceding the retinal artery, ophthalmic artery, or ciliary arteries may cause this transient...

is attached to the sclera and the anterior ciliary body. The iris and ciliary body together are known as the anterior uvea. Just in front of the root of...

recession glaucoma: Traumatic recession on anterior chamber angle Postsurgical glaucoma Aphakic pupillary block Ciliary block glaucoma Neovascular glaucoma (see...

humans by posterior ciliary arteries, originating from the ophthalmic artery (a branch of the internal carotid artery). The arteries of the uveal circulation...

superior cerebellar (below) and posterior cerebral arteries (above), and then pierces the dura mater anterior and lateral to the posterior clinoid process,...

ligaments, cheek ligaments, the suspensory ligament, septum, ciliary ganglion and short ciliary nerves. The orbits are conical or four-sided pyramidal cavities...