ciliary ganglion

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A small parasympathetic ganglion in the orbit behind the eye that receives preganglionic innervation through the oculomotor nerve and gives rise to the postganglionic fibers that innervate the ciliary and sphincter muscles of the pupil.

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Words nearby ciliary ganglion

ciliarotomy, ciliary, ciliary artery, ciliary body, ciliary disk, ciliary ganglion, ciliary gland, ciliary margin, ciliary movement, ciliary muscle, ciliary process

How to use ciliary ganglion in a sentence

There must therefore be an isolated ganglion in front and two ganglia, close to each other, about two-fifths of an inch back.
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre
Do they actually wound with their dirks the ganglion whose influence is to be done away with?
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre
Do they confine themselves to lodging their drop of poison on the ganglion, or at all events in its immediate neighbourhood?
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre
Most remarkable of all was the ciliary muscle which held the capacity of contracting the lens for distant vision.
Tales of Fishes|Zane Grey

A cinder enters the eye, the report reaches a ganglion, a motor impulse is sent forth, and the eyelid closes.
Your Mind and How to Use It|William Walker Atkinson