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Definition of Ciliary veins
1. Noun. Small veins coming from the ciliary body.
Medical Definition of Ciliary veins
1. Several small veins, anterior and posterior, coming from the ciliary body. Synonym: venae ciliares. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ciliary Veins
Literary usage of Ciliary veins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"... icy pass out directly through the sclera thus come into view beneath the conti
va, near the margin of the cornea erior ciliary veins,Fig. 154,e,). ..."
2. A Text-book of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical by Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker (1905)
"The anterior ciliary veins (c1) receive the blood from the anterior part of the
uvea; they pass outward and communicate with Schlemm's canal and Leber's ..."
3. Text-book of Histology: Including the Microscopic Technic by Philipp Stöhr (1898)
"... there are small complemental veins that run parallel to the short ciliary
arteries and to the anterior ciliary arteries, the short ciliary veins (Fig. ..."
4. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Philipp Stöhr, Frederic Thomas Lewis (1913)
"The short ciliary veins receive branches from the ciliary muscle, ... This sinus
venosus sclera (canal of Schlemm) connects with the anterior ciliary veins. ..."
5. An American Text-book of Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat by Burton Alexander Randall, George Edmund DeSchweinitz (1901)
"The retinal veins receive the blood from the closed retinal system and follow
closely the corresponding arteries. The posterior ciliary veins, or, ..."