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inferior ophthalmic vein

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Noun1.inferior ophthalmic vein - a vein that drains a venous network in the floor and medial wall of the eye socket
ophthalmic vein, vena ophthalmica - either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus


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6) The inferior ophthalmic vein passes through the inferior orbital fissure under the optic nerve and communicates with the pterygoid plexus; there it either joins the superior ophthalmic vein or empties into the cavernous sinus.
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