Definition of Central artery of the retina

1. Noun. A branch of the ophthalmic artery; enters the eyeball with the optic nerve.

Exact synonyms: Arteria Centralis Retinae
Group relationships: Eye, Oculus, Optic
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Central Artery Of The Retina

central-bearing tracing device
central Recklinghausen's disease type II
central africa
central amputation
central and lateral intermediate substance
central angiospastic retinitis
central angiospastic retinopathy
central angle
central angles
central apnea
central apparatus
central areolar choroidal atrophy
central areolar choroidal sclerosis
central artery
central artery of retina
central artery of the retina (current term)
central atom
central bank
central banks
central bearing
central body
central bone
central bone of ankle
central bradycardia
central business district
central callus
central canal
central canal of spinal cord
central canal of the vitreous
central canals of cochlea

Literary usage of Central artery of the retina

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"Transitory Embolism of the Central Artery of the Retina.—Dr. L. MAUTHNER refers to a number of cases in which sadden blindness has occurred, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells (1883)
"The ophthalmoscope showed that it was a case of embolism of the central artery of the retina. The optic disk was very pale, but transparent, the vessels, ..."

3. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1854)
"These parts receive their supply of blood from the central vessels of the retina. The central artery of the retina, as already said, enters the eyeball ..."

4. Diseases of the eye: A Handbook of Ophthalmic Practice for Students and by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"In a pertain number of cases, although all the ordinary ophthalmoscopic appearances holism of the central artery of the retina have been present, ..."

5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1886)
"On a Case of Partial Embolism of the Inferior Division of the Central Artery of the Retina ... Central Artery of the Retina ..."

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