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Definition of Arteria ophthalmica
1. Noun. A branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies the eye and neighboring structures.
Medical Definition of Arteria ophthalmica
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Arteria Ophthalmica
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, ..."