The blood vessel that carries blood into the eye and supplies nutrition to the retina. The counterpart to the central retinal artery is the central retinal vein, the vessel that carries blood away from the retina.

First branch of the ophthalmic artery; supplies nutrition to the inner two-thirds of the retina.

The blood vessel that carries blood into eye; supplies nutrition to the retina.

Central Retinal Artery and its branches. It arises from the Ophthalmic Artery, pierces the Optic Nerve and runs through its center, enters the eye through the porus opticus and branches to supply the [..]