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{{Infobox Nerve |
  Name         = Short ciliary nerves |
  Latin        = nervi ciliares breves |
  GraySubject  = 200 |
  GrayPage     = 889 |
  Image        = Gray775.png  |
  Caption      = Plan of [[oculomotor nerve]]. (Short ciliary labeled at center right.) |
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  Innervates   = |
  BranchFrom   = [[ciliary ganglion]] |
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  DorlandsPre  = n_05 |
  DorlandsSuf  = 12565369  |
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The branches of the [[ciliary ganglion]] are the '''short ciliary nerves'''. 

These are delicate filaments, from six to ten in number, which arise from the forepart of the [[ganglion]] in two bundles connected with its superior and inferior angles; the lower bundle is the larger. 

They run forward with the [[ciliary arteries]] in a wavy course, one set above and the other below the [[optic nerve]], and are accompanied by the [[long ciliary nerves]] from the [[nasociliary]]. 

They pierce the [[sclera]] at the back part of the bulb of the eye, pass forward in delicate grooves on the inner surface of the sclera, and are distributed to the [[Ciliaris muscle]], [[Iris (anatomy)|iris]], and [[cornea]].

The short ciliary nerve contains [[parasympathetic]] and [[sympathetic]] nerve fibers. The parasympathetics arise from the Edinger-Westphal nucleus and synapse in the ciliary ganglion via the [[oculomotor nerve]], the postganglionic parasympathetics leave the ciliary ganglion in the short ciliary nerve and supply the [[ciliary body]] and [[iris]]. Sympathetics are provided by the [[superior cervical ganglion]].

Damage to the short ciliary nerve may result in loss of the pupillary light reflex, or [[mydriasis]].

==Additional images==
<gallery>
 Image:Gray840.png|Sympathetic connections of the ciliary and superior cervical ganglia.
 Image:Ciliary ganglion pathways.png|Pathways in the Ciliary Ganglion.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Long ciliary nerves]]

==External links==
*  {{YaleCranialNerves|3|11}} 
* {{NormanAnatomy|lesson3}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|orbit4}})
* {{NormanAnatomy|cranialnerves}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|III}})


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[[Category:Nervous system]]
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