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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Handb Clin Neurol. 2009;93:595–611. doi: 10.1016/S0072-9752(08)93029-3

Figure 1. Blood supply to the eye and optic nerve.

Figure 1

(A) Superior view of the right orbit showing the internal carotid artery, the ophthalmic artery and its branches in the orbit. (B) Lateral view of the optic nerve showing the arterial blood supply of the optic nerve via very small branches of the ophthalmic artery (posterior ciliary artery). Reprinted with permission from Biousse V, Newman NJ. Neuro-Ophthalmology Illustrated. Thieme, 2009.