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vena angularis

vena angularis

9.9
A short vein at the inner corner of the eye that connects other facial veins
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : vena angular
  • The vena angularis is an important vessel near the inner corner of the eye.

Examples

  • During surgery, care must be taken to avoid damaging the vena angularis.

  • An infection in the region of the vena angularis can spread to deeper facial veins.

  • The vena angularis is crucial for facial circulation.

  • Can you locate the vena angularis during the dissection?

  • An infection in the region of the vena angularis can spread to deeper facial veins.

  • During surgery, care must be taken to avoid damaging the vena angularis.

  • The vena angularis is an important vessel near the inner corner of the eye.

Synonyms

angular vein
vsvena angularis
  • Specialized
9.4

A short vein near the inner corner of the eye that joins forehead veins and becomes the facial vein

is the identical term expressed in Latin technical form

Surface Forms

vena angularis singular
vena angularises plural

Morphology

vena + angularis

The element 'vena' clearly denotes a vein and 'angularis' (from Latin 'angular') signals a location related to an angle, so a learner who knows both constituents could infer this is a vein located at an anatomical angle. However, the detailed sense — its specific formation from the supraorbital and supratrochlear veins and continuation as the facial vein — is specialist anatomical knowledge not predictable from the parts, making the transparency only partial.

Etymology

Vena angularis comes from the Latin words vena meaning 'vein' and angularis meaning 'angle'. It names a short vein formed where two face veins meet at the inner corner of the eye, so the name points to that small 'angle' on the face.