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short posterior ciliary artery

short posterior ciliary artery noun: 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.

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.

Forms of short posterior ciliary artery

pluralshort posterior ciliary arteries

Questions about short posterior ciliary artery

What does short posterior ciliary artery mean?
Short posterior ciliary artery means 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.
What part of speech is short posterior ciliary artery?
Short posterior ciliary artery is a noun.
What is the plural of short posterior ciliary artery?
The plural of short posterior ciliary artery is short posterior ciliary arteries.

Words near short posterior ciliary artery in the dictionary

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

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