OPHTHALMIC ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ophthalmic artery mean? 

• OPHTHALMIC ARTERY (noun)
  The noun OPHTHALMIC ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. a branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies the eye and neighboring structures

  Familiarity information: OPHTHALMIC ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPHTHALMIC ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies the eye and neighboring structures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria ophthalmica; ophthalmic artery

Hypernyms ("ophthalmic artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

 Context examples 

A vessel arising from the ophthalmic artery that supplies the skin of the root of the nose with oxygenated blood.

(Dorsal Nasal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel also known as the supratrochlear artery that arises from the ophthalmic artery and ascends on the forehead.

(Frontal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery originating from the ophthalmic artery with many branches that supply numerous areas including the lacrimal gland, eyelids and forehead.

(Lacrimal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)