Superior ophthalmic vein

Definitions of superior ophthalmic vein

noun
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

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

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