Ciliary arteries

Branches of a major artery in the eye

Ciliary arteries

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
Anatomical terminology

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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.

## Additional images

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* The ophthalmic artery and its branches

* Iris, front view.

* The terminal portion of the optic nerve and its entrance into the eyeball, in horizontal section.

## References

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 571 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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Arteries of the head and neck

CCA|

| ECA|

| sup. thyroid|

* superior laryngeal
* sternocleidomastoid branch
* infrahyoid branch
* cricothyroid branch
* glandular branches

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asc. pharyngeal|

* posterior meningeal
* pharyngeal branches
* inferior tympanic

lingual|

* suprahyoid
* dorsal lingual
* deep lingual
* sublingual

facial|

* cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular)
* facial branches (inferior labial
* superior labial / nasal septum
* lateral nasal
* angular)

occipital|

* sternocleidomastoid
* meningeal
* occipital
* auricular
* descending

post. auricular|

* stylomastoid
* stapedial
* auricular
* occipital

supf. temporal|

* transverse facial
* middle temporal (zygomatico-orbital)
* anterior auricular
* frontal
* parietal

maxillary|

| 1st part / mandibular|

* anterior tympanic
* deep auricular
* middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal)
* accessory meningeal
* inferior alveolar

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2nd part / pterygoid|

* to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric)
* buccal

3rd part / pterygopalatine|

* posterior superior alveolar
* infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar)
* descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine)
* artery of the pterygoid canal
* sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal)
* pharyngeal

ICA|

| cervical|

* carotid sinus

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petrous|

* Vidian
* caroticotympanic

cavernous/
ophthalmic|

* orbital group:anterior ethmoidal
* posterior ethmoidal
* lacrimal (lateral palpebral)
* medial palpebral
* terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)

ocular group: central retinal

* ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior)
* Circulus arteriosus major
* hypophysial (superior, inferior)

brain|

* Circle of Willis
* ACA (anterior communicating, Recurrent artery of Heubner, Orbitofrontal artery)
* MCA (anterolateral central, Prefrontal artery, Superior terminal branch, Inferior terminal branch, Anterior temporal branch)
* posterior communicating
* anterior choroidal

ScA|

| vertebral artery|

* meningeal
* spinal (posterior, anterior)
* basilar: pontine
* labyrinthine
* cerebellar (AICA, SCA, PICA)
* cerebral (PCA)

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thyrocervical trunk|

| inferior thyroid|

* inferior laryngeal
* tracheal
* esophageal
* ascending cervical
* pharyngeal
* glandular branches

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transverse cervical|

* superficial branch
* deep branch / dorsal scapular
* scapular anastomosis

suprascapular|

* acromial branch
* scapular anastomosis

costocervical trunk|

* deep cervical
* Supreme Intercostal artery

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