A parasympathetic ganglion located in the posterior orbit that contains preganglionic nerves and postganglionic neurons of the oculomotor nerve, connects to the Edinger-Westphal nucleus via the oculomotor nerve and the eye muscles via the short ciliary nerve. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciliary_ganglion http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Synonyms: ciliary ganglion
Term information
- EHDAA:5623
- EHDAA2:0000251
- SCTID:279281007
- BAMS:GcIII
- EMAPA:18222
- NLXANAT:100304
- EFO:0002559
- VHOG:0000805
- Wikipedia:Ciliary_ganglion
- FMA:6964
- MA:0001136
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- parasympathetic ganglion and extends_fibers_into some oculomotor nerve and extends_fibers_into some short ciliary nerve
- parasympathetic ganglion
- ganglion of ciliary nerve
- cranial ganglion
- part of some ocular adnexa
- extends_fibers_into some oculomotor nerve