posterior ciliary vein

Term ID

UBERON:0035547

Synonyms

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

Definition

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

References

• Vorticose:veins
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361319002
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/368813004

Ontology

Uberon Ontology