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posterior ciliary vein

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The outer layer of the choroid (lamina vasculosa) consists, in part, of the larger branches of the short ciliary arteries which run forward between the veins, before they bend inward to end in the capillaries, but is formed principally of veins, named, from their arrangement, the vorticose veins. They converge to four or five equidistant trunks, which pierce the sclera about midway between the sclero-corneal junction and the entrance of the optic nerve. They drain uveal tract. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorticose_veins ]

Synonyms: vorticose vein

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human_reference_atlas

has related synonym

venae vorticasae, vortex veins, venae vorticosae, venea vorticosae, vorticose vein, posterior veins, vorticosae, vortex vein

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UBERON:0035547

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Posterior ciliary vein

present in taxon

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