Nasofrontal vein

The nasofrontal vein is a vein in the eye which drains to the superior ophthalmic vein.

Nasofrontal vein
Veins of orbit.
Details
Drains to	superior ophthalmic vein
Identifiers
Latin	vena nasofrontalis
TA	A12.3.06.103
FMA	51729
*Anatomical terminology*

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 659 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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Veins of the head and neck

External jugular

Retromandibular	maxillary pterygoid plexus superficial temporal anterior auricular
Direct	posterior auricular transverse cervical suprascapular anterior jugular jugular venous arch

Internal jugular

Superficial:	superior superficial middle inferior inferior anastomotic (Labbé) superior anastomotic (Trolard)
Deep:	great internal basal deep middle superior thalamostriate

superior
inferior

To COS	superior sagittal straight inferior sagittal occipital
To CS	sphenoparietal intercavernous superior ophthalmic ethmoidal central retinal nasofrontal vorticose veins inferior ophthalmic
To IJV	sigmoid: transverse petrosquamous superior petrosal inferior petrosal basilar plexus internal auditory veins condylar

Facial/common facial

Direct

Brachiocephalic

Vertebral	occipital occipital emissary suboccipital venous plexus deep cervical
Direct	inferior thyroid inferior laryngeal thymic

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