ophthalmic vein

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ophthalmic vein,

one of two venous channels in the orbit, the superior ophthalmic vein and the inferior ophthalmic vein, that communicate with the cavernous sinus. This communication can be a route by which infections spread from outside to inside the cranial cavity.

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