FIRST BRANCH OF OPHTHALMIC ARTERY AND ITS CLINICAL IMPORTANCE

GAYRETLİ Ö., KALE A., COŞKUN O., ÖZTÜRK A., BAYRAKTAR B.

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.84, no.4, pp.495-501, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 84 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.26650/iuitfd.2021.920797
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.495-501
  • Keywords: Ophthalmic artery, central retinal artery, posterior ciliary arteries, lacrimal artery, INTERNAL CAROTID-ARTERY, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL-ARTERY, ANOMALOUS ORIGIN, ANATOMY, NERVES
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: The ophthalmic artery and its branches have one of the most complex anatomy and embryology of all arteries. Although many studies have been done on its branches, different references have given different conclusions about the first branch of it. Therefore, it was aimed to investigate the first branch of the ophthalmic artery in this study.