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SHEATH OF THE OPTIC NERVE

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Definitions of SHEATH OF THE OPTIC NERVE

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The structures covering the optic nerve, the tunica nervi optici externa and tunica nervi optici interna, and the intervening process of the arachnoides.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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