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LONG CILIARY NERVES [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
  • Nervous System
DEF

Two or three slender branches of the nasociliary nerve that penetrate the sclera near the optic nerve and run forwards between the sclera and choroid to terminals in the ciliary body, iris, and cornea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Paire de nerfs qui naît du nerf nasal et chemine avec les nerfs ciliaires courts, traverse la sclère et, en passant entre la sclère et la choroïde, innerve l'iris, la cornée et le muscle ciliaire par des fibres sensitives, et le muscle dilatateur de la pupille par des fibres motrices sympathiques.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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