Supraorbital vein 4604671 190325951 2008-02-10T04:34:09Z Arcadian 104523 link {{Infobox Vein | Name = Supraorbital vein | Latin = vena supraorbitalis | GraySubject = 167 | GrayPage = 645 | Image = Gray557.png | Caption = Veins of the head and neck. (Supraorbital vein visible at upper right.) | Image2 = Gray894.png | Caption2 = The tarsi and their ligaments. Right eye; front view. (Supraorbital vessels labeled at upper right.) | DrainsFrom = [[forehead]] | DrainsTo = [[angular vein|angular]] | Artery = [[supra-orbital artery|supra-orbital]] | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = v_05 | DorlandsSuf = 12851905 | }} The '''supraorbital vein''' begins on the [[forehead]] where it communicates with the frontal branch of the [[superficial temporal vein]]. It runs downward superficial to the [[Frontalis muscle]], and joins the [[frontal vein]] at the medial angle of the orbit to form the [[angular vein]]. Previous to its junction with the frontal vein, it sends through the [[supraorbital notch]] into the orbit a branch which communicates with the [[ophthalmic vein]]; as this vessel passes through the notch, it receives the frontal [[diploic vein]] through a [[foramen]] at the bottom of the notch. The areas drained by this vessel are the forehead, eyebrow and upper eyelid. ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray515.png|Bloodvessels of the eyelids, front view. </gallery> ==External links== * http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM {{Gray's}} {{VeinsHeadNeck}} {{circulatory-stub}} [[Category:Veins]]