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short posterior ciliary arteries

short posterior ciliary arteries is the plural of short posterior ciliary artery.

Meaning of short posterior ciliary artery

Noun

short posterior ciliary artery (plural short posterior ciliary arteries)

  1. Any of 6 to 10 arteries that arise from the ophthalmic artery or its branches, pass to the posterior part of the eyeball while surrounding the optic nerve, and enter or divide into branches entering the sclera to supply the choroid and the ciliary processes.

Questions about short posterior ciliary arteries

What is short posterior ciliary arteries the plural of?
Short posterior ciliary arteries is the plural of short posterior ciliary artery.

Words near short posterior ciliary arteries in the dictionary

  1. short plate
  2. short pocosin
  3. short pocosins
  4. short position
  5. short positions
  6. short posterior ciliary arteries
  7. short posterior ciliary artery
  8. short pull
  9. short pulls
  10. short QT syndrome
  11. short queen

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