<anatomy, neurology> Neural crest derived ganglion acting as relay between parasympathetic neurons of the oculomotor nucleus in the midbrain and the muscles regulating the diameter of the pupil of the eye. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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a parasympathetic ganglion in the posterior part of the orbit.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a small parasympathetic ganglion lying in the orbit between the optic nerve and the lateral rectus muscle; it receives presynaptic fibers from the Edinger-Westphal nucleus by way of the oculomotor nerve (cranial nerve III); the postsynaptic parasympathetic neurons that comprise the ciliary ganglion give rise to fibers tha...
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The ciliary ganglion is an enlarged cluster of nerve fibres where the oculomotor nerve branches into the many short ciliary nerves which supply the iris and cornea of the eye. These short ciliary nerves run more or less parallel to the long ciliary nerves, which also innervate the iris and cornea, but which originate in the nasociliary nerve before...
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