The Course of the Postganglionic Segment of the Oculosympathetic Fibers from the Internal Carotid Artery

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Identifier Figure-05
Title The Course of the Postganglionic Segment of the Oculosympathetic Fibers from the Internal Carotid Artery
Creator Daniel M. Jacobson, MD (1956-2003)
Affiliation (DMJ) Neuro-Ophthalmologist, Marshfield Clinic, University Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Subject Sympathetic; Horner Syndrome; Physiology, Pupil; Pupil; Cervical Artery Dissection; Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection; Parasympathetic Pupil
Description The course of the postganglionic segment of the oculosympathetic fibers from the internal carotid artery (ICA) to the orbit is depicted as a dotted line. Note that they briefly join the abducens nerve (cranial nerve VI) before joining the nasociliary branch of the of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (V1) into the orbit. ON, optic nerve; V, trigeminal nerve. (Adapted from Miller NR: Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-ophthalmology, p 428. Vol 2, 4th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1985 with permission.)
Date 2002
References Miller NR: Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-ophthalmology, p 428. Vol 2, 4th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1985; Parkinson D: Further observations on the sympathetic pathways to the pupil. Anat Rec 1988;220:108-109: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=3348484
Language eng
Format image/jpeg
Type Image
Relation is Part of The Pupil: Neurology of the Iris
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - The Moran Eye Center Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Moran/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 1986. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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