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superior ophthalmic vein

DEFINITIONS OF: superior ophthalmic vein

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n a vein that begins at the inner angle of the eye socket and passes through the superior orbital fissure to empty into the cavernous sinus

Type of:
ophthalmic vein, vena ophthalmica
either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus
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