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HISTOLOGY. 



ciliary border of the iris. By the anastomosis of these four branches a 

 vascular ring is formed, the ciradus iridis major (2), from which numerous 

 branches proceed to the ciliary .processes (3) and to the iris (4). Near 



Branches Branches 



to the to the 

 Sinus corneal conjunctiva 

 venosus border, bulbi. 

 Cornea. sclerae. ^. V ^^ Connection with the lamina chonocapillans. 



ciliaris anterior. 



Venous 1 Episcleral 



I branches of the 

 | anterior 



Arterial J ciliary., vessels. 



Ciliary Ora serrata. 



process. 



Vena vorticosa. 



Capillaries of the lamina choriocapillaris 



Venous \ Episcleral branches 

 Arterial J of the short posterior 

 ciliary vessels. 



1 



ena . > ciliaris posterioris brevis. 



Outer 



Inner 



vessels of the sheath. 



Short posterior ciliary arteries. 



Vena Arteria 



centralis retinae. 

 FIG. 425. BLOOD VESSELS OF THE EYE. (After Leber.) 



The retina, optic nerve, and tunica fibrosa are stippled; the tunica vasculosa is blank. V, Connection 

 of the anterior ciliary artery with the circulus iridis major. 



the pupillary border of the iris the arteries form an incomplete ring, the 

 circulus iridis minor. 



3. The anterior ciliary arteries arise from those supplying the recti 



