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CERCLE ZINN [2 records]

Record 1 2012-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An arterial circle about the optic nerve within the sclera, formed by anastomoses of a few short posterior ciliary arteries.

Key term(s)
  • Zinn's circle
  • Zinn's circlet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Cercle d’anastomose des artères ciliaires courtes qui ont pénétré la sclérotique au niveau du nerf optique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 1998-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Branches de l'artère ophtalmique qui pénètrent le globe oculaire au niveau du nerf optique pour alimenter la partie postérieure de la choroïde, le disque optique, le cercle de Zinn, les artères ciliorétiniennes et épisclérales.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
DEF

Arterias que tienen origen en la arteria oftálmica o en sus ramas y que se distribuyen por la coroides y los procesos ciliares del globo ocular.

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