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Definition of Superior ophthalmic vein
1. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superior Ophthalmic Vein
Literary usage of Superior ophthalmic vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomical terminology, with special reference to the (B N A): With Special by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1907)
"... vein superior ophthalmic vein Lacrimal vein Muscular veins Vortex veins
Posterior ciliary veins Anterior ciliary veins Central vein of retina Episcleral ..."
2. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1908)
"of the common carotid having been unsuccessful, and in 1899 Golowin obtained a
cure in a traumatic case following ligature of the superior ophthalmic vein ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The ophthalmic veins are two in number, superior and inferior. The superior
ophthalmic vein (v. ophthalmica superior) (Fig. 506) begins as the nasofrontal ..."
4. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"... this case by a long branch) with the superior ophthalmic vein ; 2, inferior
ophthalmic vein ; 3, posterior ciliary veins ; 4, 4, anterior and posterior ..."
5. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The cavernous sinus receives the superior ophthalmic vein through the superior
orbital fissure, some of the cerebral veins, and also the small ..."
6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"... either by a separate opening, or, more frequently, in common with the superior
ophthalmic vein. The Circular sinus is formed by two transverse vessels, ..."
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