See Also: Zinn's ligament(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Zinn, Johann(medicine)
Zinn's ring(medicine)
Zinn's membrane(medicine)
Zinn's tendon(medicine)
Zinn's corona(medicine)
Zinn's artery(medicine)
Zinn's zonule(medicine)
Zinn's vascular circle(medicine)

Zinn's ligament (medicine)


Zinn's ligament -->
common tendinous ring


A fibrous ring that surrounds the optic canal and the medial part of the superior orbital fissure; it gives origin to the four rectus muscles of the eye and is partially fused with the sheath of the optic nerve.

Synonym: annulus tendineus communis, Zinn's ligament, Zinn's ring, Zinn's tendon.