Definition of Arteria ophthalmica

1. Noun. A branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies the eye and neighboring structures.

Exact synonyms: Ophthalmic Artery
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery

Medical Definition of Arteria ophthalmica

1. Artery originating from the internal carotid artery and distributing to the eye, orbit and adjacent facial structures. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arteria Ophthalmica

arteria metatarsae
arteria metatarsea
arteria metatarsea dorsalis
arteria metatarsea plantaris
arteria musculophrenica
arteria nasalis posterior septi
arteria nasi externa
arteria nutricia
arteria nutriens fibulae
arteria nutriens tibialis
arteria occipitalis
arteria occipitalis lateralis
arteria occipitalis medialis
arteria ophthalmica (current term)
arteria ovarica
arteria palatina
arteria palatina ascendens
arteria palatina descendens
arteria palatina major
arteria palatina minor
arteria pancreatica
arteria pancreatica dorsalis
arteria pancreatica inferior
arteria pancreatica magna
arteria pancreaticoduodenalis inferior
arteria pancreaticoduodenalis superior
arteria paracentralis
arteria parietales anterior

Literary usage of Arteria ophthalmica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy and Histology of the Human Eye by Abraham Metz (1868)
"I The arteria frontalis, one of the terminal branches of the arteria ophthalmica, passes from the orbit at its inner angle to be distributed to the muscles ..."

2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1903)
"... arteria ophthalmica magna, as already stated. No branch could be found corresponding to the hyo-opercularis of my descriptions of Amia. ..."

3. Treatise on the diseases of the eye by Karl Stellwag von Carion (1873)
"True aneurisms have been but seldom anatomically demonstrated. These affected usually the trunk of the arteria ophthalmica (Ki'í*trie, Carrón dit ViUm-dx, ..."

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