CILIARY GANGLION


Meaning of CILIARY GANGLION in English

noun

: a small autonomic ganglion on the nasociliary branch of the ophthalmic nerve receiving preganglionic fibers from the oculomotor nerve and sending postganglionic fibers to the ciliary muscle and to the circular muscle of the iris

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