Ophthalmic and facial veins are not valveless

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 502-510

  Zhang, John ^a   Stringer, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus thrombosis; Facial vein; Ophthalmic vein; Venous valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL VEIN; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; OPHTHALMIC VEIN; STEREOMICROSCOPY; VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN VALVE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DISSECTION; FACE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; VEINS; VENOUS VALVES;

EID: 77958104579     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02325.x     Document Type: Article

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