Ciliary arteries 4784131 105640588 2007-02-04T20:43:04Z Arcadian 104523 split {{Infobox Artery | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = aa. ciliares | GraySubject = 146 | GrayPage = 571 | Image = Gray873.png | Caption = The arteries of the choroid and iris. The greater part of the sclera has been removed. | Image2 = | Caption2 = | BranchFrom = | BranchTo = | Vein = | Supplies = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = | DorlandsSuf = | }} The '''ciliary arteries''' are divisible into three groups, the long posterior, short posterior, and the anterior. * The [[short posterior ciliary arteries]] from six to twelve in number, arise from the [[ophthalmic]] as it crosses the [[optic nerve]]. * The [[long posterior ciliary arteries]], two in number, pierce the posterior part of the sclera at some little distance from the optic nerve. * The [[anterior ciliary arteries]] are derived from the muscular branches of the [[ophthalmic artery]]. ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray514.png|The ophthalmic artery and its branches Image:Gray878.png|Iris, front view. Image:Gray880.png|The terminal portion of the optic nerve and its entrance into the eyeball, in horizontal section. </gallery> {{Gray's}} {{circulatory-stub}} {{Arteries of head and neck}} [[Category:Arteries]]