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In the present paper we have studied the gross anatomy of the ophthalmic artery in 200 human cadaver dissections viewed in four horizontal layers. The ophthalmic artery can be divided into the origin, intracranial, intracanalicular and intraorbital parts. The most common origin of the artery was from the medial half of the anterior side of the internal carotid artery (ICA) in its upper curve (52%), followed by the medial half of the superior side (44%), and in only 4% from the medial side of the upper curve of the ICA. We have examined the topographic anatomy of the ophthalmic artery in detail, and found a rare anastomosis of the ophthalmic artery with the frontal branch of the middle meningeal artery.
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Dans ce travail, nous avons étudié sur 200 préparations cadavériques l'anatomie macroscopique de l'artère ophtalmique sur des préparations en 4 couches horizontales. L'artère ophtalmique peut être divisée en plusieurs segments : à son origine, puis les segments intracrânien, intracanaliculaire et intra-orbitaire. L'origine la plus souvent retrouvée était la moitié médiale de la paroi antérieure (52 %), suivie par la moitié médiale de la paroi supérieure (44 %), et dans seulement 4 % des cas de la paroi médiale de la courbure supérieure de l'artère carotide interne. Nous avons examiné l'anatomie topographique de l'artère ophtalmique en détail et trouvé une anastomose rare de l'artère ophtalmique avec la branche frontale de l'artère méningée moyenne.
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Jo-Osvatic, A., Basic, N., Basic, V. et al. Topoanatomic relations of the ophthalmic artery viewed in four horizontal layers. Surg Radiol Anat 21, 371–375 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01631344
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