central retinal artery in dogs
The central retinal artery (retinal artery) branches off the ophthalmic artery, running inferior to the optic nerve within its dural sheath to the eyeball. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the central retinal artery is
The central retinal artery (retinal artery) branches off the ophthalmic artery, running inferior to the optic nerve within its dural sheath to the eyeball. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a artery at the organ scale in the dog.
Where the central retinal artery is
It sits in the head, within the cardiovascular, nervous and sensory systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What the central retinal artery connects to
The atlas records 5 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of vasculature of retina.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the central retinal artery. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.
Also called
Also recorded as Zinn's artery, central artery of retina, retinal artery, arteria centralis retinae and central artery of the retina. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001620, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: vasculature of retina.
- A kind of: artery and retina blood vessel.
- Supplies: retina.
- Develops from: hyaloid artery.
Questions
Where is the central retinal artery?
It sits in the head, within the cardiovascular, nervous and sensory systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What does the central retinal artery connect to?
Part of: vasculature of retina.
Is the central retinal artery the same in other species?
This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.