Definition

1. Noun:
   • Small veins coming from the ciliary body: The ciliary veins are small blood vessels that drain deoxygenated blood from the ciliary body, a part of the eye involved in focusing the lens and producing aqueous humor.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The ciliary veins drain blood from the ciliary body into the larger ophthalmic veins.
  • Increased pressure can affect the flow of blood through the ciliary veins.

Advanced Usage

• Anatomical Context: In medical and anatomical descriptions, "ciliary veins" are often discussed in relation to the vascular system of the eye and conditions like glaucoma.
  • The study focused on the role of the ciliary veins in aqueous humor drainage.

Variants and Related Words

• Ciliary body (noun): The part of the eye from which the ciliary veins originate.
  • The ciliary body contains the muscle that controls the shape of the lens.
• Vorticose veins (noun): Another set of veins in the eye; sometimes mentioned in conjunction with ciliary veins in anatomical texts.
  • The vorticose veins drain a different part of the choroid.

Synonyms

• Venae ciliares (noun): The Latin anatomical term for ciliary veins.

Related Phrases

• Drainage of the ciliary body: A phrase describing the function of the ciliary veins.
  • The drainage of the ciliary body is partially handled by the ciliary veins.

Noun

1. small veins coming from the ciliary body