page_title: Superior ophthalmic vein
hierarchical_section_title: Superior ophthalmic vein
context_page_description: The superior ophthalmic vein begins at the inner angle of the orbit in a vein named the nasofrontal which communicates anteriorly with the angular vein; it does not pursue the same course as the ophthalmic artery and receives tributaries corresponding to the branches of that vessel.
  Forming a short single trunk, it passes between the two heads of the Rectus lateralis and through the medial part of the superior orbital fissure, and ends in the cavernous sinus.
  The ethmoidal veins drain into the superior ophthalmic vein.
  Vorticose veins also drain into the superior ophthalmic vein.
context_section_description: The superior ophthalmic vein begins at the inner angle of the orbit in a vein named the nasofrontal which communicates anteriorly with the angular vein; it does not pursue the same course as the ophthalmic artery (which instead passes through the optic canal) and receives tributaries corresponding to the branches of that vessel.
  Forming a short single trunk, it passes between the two heads of the Rectus lateralis and through the medial part of the superior orbital fissure, and ends in the cavernous sinus.
  The ethmoidal veins drain into the superior ophthalmic vein.
  Vorticose veins also drain into the superior ophthalmic vein.
caption: The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Superior ophthalmic vein labeled at upper right.)
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