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Definition of Inferior ophthalmic vein

1. Noun. A vein that drains a venous network in the floor and medial wall of the eye socket.

Medical Definition of Inferior ophthalmic vein

1. Arises from the inferior palpebral and lacrimal veins and divides into two terminal branches, one of which runs to the pterygoid plexus while the other joins the superior ophthalmic vein or empties into the cavernous sinus. Synonym: vena ophthalmica inferior. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inferior Ophthalmic Vein

Literary usage of Inferior ophthalmic vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1878)
"Sesemann regards the inferior ophthalmic vein, moreover, as serving to conduct blood not only from other orbital veins, hut also from the cavernous sinus. ..."

2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"... joining the angular below and communicating behind (in this case by a long branch) with the superior ophthalmic vein ; 2, inferior ophthalmic vein ; 3, ..."

3. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The inferior ophthalmic vein (v. ophthalmica inferior) begins in a venous net-work at the forepart of the floor and medial wall of the orbit; ..."

4. Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck by John Blair Deaver (1904)
"The inferior ophthalmic vein is formed by the union of the inferior muscular ... The inferior ophthalmic vein, as well as the suj>erior, empties at times ..."

5. Anatomical terminology, with special reference to the (B N A) by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1907)
"... of retina Episcleral veins Palpebral veins Anterior conjunctiva! veins Posterior conjunctival veins inferior ophthalmic vein Common facial vein Anterior ..."

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