ciliary, arteries, ciliary, arteries, divisible, into, three, groups, long, posterior, short, posterior, anterior, short, posterior, ciliary, arteries, from, twelve, number, arise, from, ophthalmic, artery, crosses, optic, nerve, long, posterior, ciliary, arte. 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 Ciliary arteriesThe arteries of the choroid and iris The greater part of the sclera has been removed DetailsIdentifiersLatinarteriae ciliaresMeSHD019842Anatomical terminology edit on Wikidata Additional images edit nbsp The ophthalmic artery and its branches nbsp Iris front view nbsp The terminal portion of the optic nerve and its entrance into the eyeball in horizontal section References edit nbsp This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 571 of the 20th edition of Gray s Anatomy 1918 nbsp This cardiovascular system article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Portal nbsp Anatomy Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ciliary arteries amp oldid 1211820722, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
