Haller's anastomotic circle
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Circles of arteries on the sclera around the intraocular portion of the optic nerve. Made up of a network of branches of the posterior ciliary arteries.
It is probable that Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727-1759) discovered the Circulus arteriosus nervi optici before Haller.
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