Ophthalmic veins
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Ophthalmic veins are veins which drain the eye.

More specifically, they can refer to:
  • Superior ophthalmic vein
    Superior ophthalmic vein
    The superior ophthalmic vein begins at the inner angle of the orbit in a vein named the nasofrontal which communicates anteriorly with the angular vein; it pursues the same course as the ophthalmic artery, and receives tributaries corresponding to the branches of that vessel.Forming a short single...

  • Inferior ophthalmic vein
    Inferior ophthalmic vein
    The inferior opthalmic vein begins in a venous net-work at the forepart of the floor and medial wall of the orbit; it receives some vorticose veins and other veins from the Rectus inferior, Obliquus inferior, lacrimal sac and eyelids, runs backward in the lower part of the orbit and divides into...

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