Vorticose veins

{{Infobox vein

| Name = Vorticose veins

| Latin = venae vorticosae

| Image = Gray874.png

| Caption = The veins of the choroid. (Venae vorticosae labeled - though difficult to see - at center.)

| Image2 = Gray877.png

| Caption2 = Diagram of the blood vessels of the eye, as seen in a horizontal section. ("V", at center right, is the label for the vena vorticosa)

| DrainsFrom =

| DrainsTo = Superior ophthalmic vein, and inferior ophthalmic vein

| Artery = Short posterior ciliary arteries{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

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The vorticose veins, referred to clinically as the vortex veins,{{Cite journal |last1=Kutoglu |first1=Tunc |last2=Yalcin |first2=Bulent |last3=Kocabiyik |first3=Necdet |last4=Ozan |first4=Hasan |year=2005 |title=Vortex veins: Anatomic investigations on human eyes |journal=Clinical Anatomy |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=269–273 |doi=10.1002/ca.20092 |pmid=15832350 |s2cid=42756249}} are veins that drain the choroid of the eye. There are usually 4-5 vorticose veins in each eye, with at least one vorticose vein per each quadrant of the eye. Vorticose veins drain into the superior ophthalmic vein, and inferior ophthalmic vein.{{cite book |last=Remington |first=Lee Ann |title=Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System |publisher=Elsevier |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-4377-1926-0 |pages=202–217 |chapter=Orbital Blood Supply |doi=10.1016/b978-1-4377-1926-0.10011-6}}

Vorticose veins are an important ophthalmoscopic landmark.{{Cite journal |last1=Potter |first1=J. W. |last2=Vandervort |first2=R. S. |last3=Thallemer |first3=J. M. |date=November 1984 |title=The clinical significance of the vortex veins |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6512144/ |journal=Journal of the American Optometric Association |volume=55 |issue=11 |pages=822–824 |issn=0003-0244 |pmid=6512144}}