Ethmoidal veins

Vein: Ethmoidal veins
Latin	venae ethmoidales
Drains to	superior ophthalmic vein
Artery	anterior ethmoidal artery, posterior ethmoidal artery

The ethmoidal veins are the venae comitantes of the ethmoidal arteries.

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