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short ciliary nerve
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A branch of the ciliary ganglion that innervates the ciliary muscles, the iris, and the tunics of the eyeball. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/long+ciliary+nerve ]
Term info
Label
short ciliary nerve
Synonyms
- lower branch of ciliary ganglion
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
nervi ciliares breves, short ciliary nerve, nervi ciliares brevis
id
UBERON:0022302
structure notes
Contains preganglionic parasympathetic axons.
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- nerve and innervates some ciliary muscle and innervates some iris and innervates some tunica fibrosa of eyeball and branching_part_of some main ciliary ganglion
Subclass of:
- parasympathetic nerve
- iris nerve
- nerve of head region
- innervates some tunica fibrosa of eyeball
- innervates some ciliary muscle
- part of some main ciliary ganglion
- branching_part_of some main ciliary ganglion
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