1. A branch of the ophthalmic artery; enters the eyeball with the optic nerve
   "The ophthalmologist observed a blockage in the central artery of the retina, causing sudden vision loss";
   - arteria centralis retinae

Derived forms: central arteries of the retina

Type of: arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery

Part of: eye, oculus [rare], optic

Encyclopedia: Central artery of the retina