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central retinal vein

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001673

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 info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, human_reference_atlas

has related synonym

vena centralis retinae

id

UBERON:0001673

prefLabel

Central retinal vein

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606