Intraconal orbital compartment
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The intraconal orbital compartment is a conical space, the base of which is anterior and is formed by the posterior half of the globe. The sides are formed by the extraocular muscles and their surrounding fascia which pass posteriorly and converge on the tendinous ring at the orbital apex.
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This space contains:
- nerves
- optic nerve (CN II)
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oculomotor nerve (CN III)
- superior division
- inferior division (with motor root to the ciliary ganglion)
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nasociliary nerve and its intraconal branches (a branch of CN Va)
- long ciliary nerves
- short ciliary nerves
- small communicating branch of the ciliary ganglion (sensory root to the ciliary ganglion)
- abducens nerve (CN VI)
- ciliary ganglion
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ophthalmic artery
- intraconal branches
- extraconal branches with intraconal origin
- fat
-<a title="small communicating branch" href="/articles/small-communicating-branch">small communicating branch</a> of the <a title="ciliary ganglion" href="/articles/ciliary-ganglion">ciliary ganglion</a> (sensory root to the ciliary ganglion)</li>- +<a href="/articles/small-communicating-branch">small communicating branch</a> of the <a href="/articles/ciliary-ganglion">ciliary ganglion</a> (sensory root to the ciliary ganglion)</li>
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Figure 2: extra-ocular muscles
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