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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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A, B: Diagram of optic papilla and central retinal artery.
C: Diagram accounting for the varied appearance of the central retinal artery at the optic papilla as seen with an ophthalmoscope.
Redrawn and modified from Anson, B.J. Morris' Human Anatomy, 12th Ed. The Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1966; and from Rollet, in Latarjet, A. Testut, L. et A. Latarjet. Traité d'Anatomie Humaine, 9th Ed. G. Doin & Cie., Paris, 1948.
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