Vascular circle of optic nerve

Circulus vasculosus nervus optici

Definition

Felipe Barona Lopez

The vascular circle of optic nerve is a small vascular ring that surrounds the optic nerve, running through the sclera near the area cribrosa sclerae.

References

Barone R, Simoens P. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 7, Neurologie II, Vigot, Paris, 2010.

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