Walsh & Hoyt: The Efferent Arc of the Pupil Light Reflex

Identifier wh_ch14_670-674
Title Walsh & Hoyt: The Efferent Arc of the Pupil Light Reflex
Creator Randy H. Kardon, MD, PhD
Affiliation Director of Neuro-Ophthalmology Services, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa
Subject Parasympathetic Pupil
Description All neural impulses that reach the sphincter of the pupil travel via a preganglionic parasympathetic pathway from the rostral midbrain to the ciliary ganglion in the orbit and then to the iris sphincter muscle via a postganglionic pathway within the short ciliary nerves.
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition
Relation is Part of Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s65m9f93
Setname ehsl_novel_whts
ID 187213
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65m9f93
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