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inferior ophthalmic vein
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inferior ophthalmic vein
n.
Any of the veins that originate in the lower eyelid and empty into the angular vein.
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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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