Supraorbital vein

Supraorbital vein
Veins of the head and neck. (Supraorbital vein visible at upper right.)
The tarsi and their ligaments. Right eye; front view. (Supraorbital vessels labeled at upper right.)
Details
Drains from	forehead
Drains to	angular
Artery	supra-orbital
Identifiers
Latin	vena supraorbitalis
TA	A12.3.05.021
FMA	50904
Anatomical terminology []

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 at the bottom of the notch.

The areas drained by this vessel are the forehead, eyebrow and upper eyelid.

Bloodvessels of the eyelids, front view.

Lateral head anatomy detail

Head anatomy anterior view

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