title: The arterial supply of the eye of the yak (Bos Grunniens).
abstract: The heads and necks of 10 yaks were dissected to study the arterial supply to the eye of the yak in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The supply came from the internal ophthalmic, external eight ophthalmic, superficial temporal and malar arteries. The internal ophthalmic was one of sources of the posterior long ciliary artery. The external ophthalmic artery gave rise to branches to supply the dorsal oblique muscle and otherwise, and to take part in the formation of the ophthalmic rete mirabile. The ophthalmic rete mirabile gave off many branches to supply the rectus muscles of the eye and otherwise. The malar artery was one of the branches derived from the infraorbital artery, and its branches supplied the inferior, superior and third eyelids and otherwise. The superficial temporal artery detached off some branches to supply the lateral angle of the eye and otherwise, and anastomosed with the lacrimal artery of the ophthalmic rete mirabile.
authors.affiliation: MOE Key Laboratory of Arid and Grassland Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, PR China.
authors.forename: Bao-Ping
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Yan-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Shi-Yaun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jian-Lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002417:Cattle / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply*