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The new york academy of medicine
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Publication year - 1937
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-193706000-00010
Subject(s) - anatomy , blood stream , orbit (dynamics) , medicine , anastomosis , surgery , engineering , aerospace engineering
Infections from the nasal sinuses may extend into the orbits in two ways, namely: 1. by the bony orbital walls which separate these sinuses from the orbital cavities; 2. by the venous blood stream; i.c. , the veins of the various sinuses which anastomose with the superior and inferior ophthalmic veins in the fatty cellular tissue of the orbits.