睫后长动脉
Arteriae ciliares posteriores longae
定义
睫状后长动脉共两支,在距视神经稍远处穿入巩膜后部,沿眼球两侧在巩膜与脉络膜之间向前走行,至睫状肌处分为两支;这两支形成一个动脉环,即虹膜大动脉环(circulus arteriosus major),围绕虹膜周缘,由此发出多条汇聚支,在虹膜实质内走向瞳孔缘,在该处形成第二个动脉环,即虹膜小动脉环(circulus arteriosus minor)。
參考資料
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).