The central retinal vein (retinal vein) is a short vein that runs through the optic nerve and drains blood from the capillaries of the retina into the larger veins outside the eye. The anatomy of the veins of the orbit of the eye varies between individuals, and in some the central retinal vein drains into the superior ophthalmic vein, and in some it drains directly into the cavernous sinus. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_retinal_vein ]
Synonyms: retinal vein
Term information
- NCIT:C53063
- GAID:524
- UMLS:C0035327 (ncithesaurus:Retinal_Vein)
- MESH:D012169
- EMAPA:37185 (MA:th)
- SCTID:280913005
- MA:0002213
- FMA:51799
- EFO:0004271
- Wikipedia:Central_retinal_vein
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Term relations
- head blood vessel
- craniocervical region vein
- neural crest-derived structure
- drains some retina
- tributary of some venous dural sinus
- part of some system
- develops from some hyaloid vein
- develops from part of some hyaloid vein
- tributary of some cavernous sinus
- part of some camera-type eye