Vorticose Veins
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Vorticose veins are four to five venous trunks that drain blood from the choroid, ciliary body, and iris of the eye. They pierce the sclera near the equator of the eyeball and empty into the superior ophthalmic vein.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
VORTICOSAE VENAE, vorticose veins, proper veins rich in whorls (from the Latin vortex—whirlpool), 4-5 venous trunks emptying into the superior ophthalmic vein,
which perforate the white tunic of the eye (sclera) along its equator and receive the so-called venae episclerales (see figure). The branches of the vorticose veins collect blood from the vascular tunic (choroid), the ciliary body, and the iris; these tributaries, forming arcuate anastomoses among themselves, create star-like or whirlpool-like figures upon convergence, hence the name of the veins.
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“Vorticose Veins.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/vorticose-veins/