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Definition of Arteria centralis retinae
1. Noun. A branch of the ophthalmic artery; enters the eyeball with the optic nerve.
Group relationships: Eye, Oculus, Optic
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Medical Definition of Arteria centralis retinae
1. A branch of the ophthalmic artery which penetrates the optic nerve 1 cm behind the eye to enter the eye at the optic papilla in the retina; it divides into superior and inferior temporal and nasal branches. Synonym: arteria centralis retinae, arteria retinae centralis, Zinn's artery. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arteria Centralis Retinae
Literary usage of Arteria centralis retinae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"... while its extremity is believed to extend down the stalk of the primitive
ocular vesicle and furnish the arteria centralis retinae with the sheath and ..."
2. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"The BRANCHES of the arteria centralis retinae, which are distributed in the
retina, are subservient to its support, and are consequently as visible in the ..."
3. The Anatomy of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1802)
"... viz. the ARTERIA CENTRALI* RETINAE, and the CILIARY ARTERIES; of which arteries
there is none more curious than the arteria centralis retinae. ..."
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