TY - JOUR
T1 - Vascular supply to the optic nerve of primates
AU - Anderson, Douglas R.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Howe Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Boston. This study was supported in part by USPHS Research Grant NB-039S1 and Center Grant NB-0S691 from the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Anderson currently is at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, where he holds an RPB Eye Research Professorship awarded by Research to Prevent Blindness, Incoporated.
PY - 1970/9
Y1 - 1970/9
N2 - The vascular system of the optic nerve head was studied in eight species of primates. The Bushbaby had an unusual vascular supply, but all the others were quite similar to the human. There is overlapping arterial supply of the disk derived from the pial network on the optic nerve behind the globe, the short posterior ciliary arteries (not anastomatically joined to form a circle of Zinn-Haller), and the central retinal artery. These are connected anastomotically at the capillary level. Venous drainage is accomplished by at least two routes-the central retinal vein and the vortex veins.
AB - The vascular system of the optic nerve head was studied in eight species of primates. The Bushbaby had an unusual vascular supply, but all the others were quite similar to the human. There is overlapping arterial supply of the disk derived from the pial network on the optic nerve behind the globe, the short posterior ciliary arteries (not anastomatically joined to form a circle of Zinn-Haller), and the central retinal artery. These are connected anastomotically at the capillary level. Venous drainage is accomplished by at least two routes-the central retinal vein and the vortex veins.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9394(70)90093-0
DO - 10.1016/0002-9394(70)90093-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 4988940
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VL - 70
SP - 341
EP - 351
JO - American Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - American Journal of Ophthalmology
SN - 0002-9394
IS - 3
ER -