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long posterior ciliary artery
Origin: ophthalmic artery
Course:
- one of 2 branches of the ophthalmic artery passing anteriorly between the choroid & the sclera to the iris
Anastomoses:
1) short posterior ciliary artery
2) anterior ciliary artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: long posterior ciliary artery
References
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium