short ciliary nerve
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0022302
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 ]
Synonyms: lower branch of ciliary ganglion
Term info
- SCTID:417598000
- FMA:7041
- Wikipedia:Short_ciliary_nerves
Contains preganglionic parasympathetic axons.
nervi ciliares breves, short ciliary nerve, nervi ciliares brevis
uberon
UBERON:0022302
Short ciliary nerve
Term relations
- 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
- parasympathetic nerve
- iris nerve
- nerve of head region
- neural crest-derived structure
- innervates some tunica fibrosa of eyeball
- innervates some ciliary muscle
- branching part of some main ciliary ganglion
- part of some main ciliary ganglion