VENA OPHTHALMICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena ophthalmica mean? 

• VENA OPHTHALMICA (noun)
  The noun VENA OPHTHALMICA has 1 sense:

1. either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus

  Familiarity information: VENA OPHTHALMICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA OPHTHALMICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ophthalmic vein; vena ophthalmica

Hypernyms ("vena ophthalmica" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vena ophthalmica"):

inferior ophthalmic vein (a vein that drains a venous network in the floor and medial wall of the eye socket)

superior ophthalmic vein (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)