Can the arterial supply of the retina in man be exclusively cilioretinal?
Exclusive cilioretinal supply has been anatomically proven in a monkey's eye. This paper presents and discusses fundus photographs of six optic discs from normal human eyes, in which the configuration of the retinal arteries emerging from the optic disc suggests that they might all be cilioretinal.
Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
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Barroso
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Hoyt
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Narahara
D001158:Arteries; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000098:blood supply*; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012161:Retinal Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology*