Anterior ciliary arteries

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Artery: Anterior ciliary arteries
The arteries of the choroid and iris. The greater part of the sclera has been removed.
Iris, front view.
Latin arteriae ciliares anteriores
Gray's subject #146 571
Supplies conjunctiva
sclera
Source ophthalmic artery   
Dorlands
/ Elsevier    		 a_61/12153861

The anterior ciliary arteries are derived from the muscular branches of the Ophthalmic Artery.

[edit] Course

They run to the front of the eyeball in company with the extraocular muscles, form a vascular zone beneath the conjunctiva, and then pierce the sclera a short distance from the cornea and end in the circulus arteriosus major.

[edit] Supplies

These arteries supply the conjunctiva & sclera.

[edit] External links

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ocular group: central retinal - ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) - hypophysial (superior, inferior)
SC
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