• Question: how many veins are in the eyeball

    Asked by mollymoo to Cesar, Emily, Jamie, Kate, Philippa on 15 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Jamie Gallagher

      Jamie Gallagher answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      I have no idea I’m afraid. I could google it- but I shan’t cheat. Holding my head high in ignornance

    • Photo: Emily Robinson

      Emily Robinson answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Ok I admit I don’t know off the top of my head but if you are really interested in the blood supply to the eye I found this webpage that might help you. I will warn you that it gets very complicated and I’m not sure if I would be able to remember much of it
      http://www.images.missionforvisionusa.org/anatomy/2006/03/what-is-blood-supply-to-choroid.html

      In response to Jamie I think that searching on the internet is a valid way to find out information fast. The important thing is to judge whether you trust the source! In this case as it is a question out of interest I wouldn’t worry too much about the accuracy of the details, but if I wanted to know something for revision or as an experiment depended on the information then I would only take it from trusted sources like peer-reviewed journals online which you can access using search engines like PubMed or Google scholar. It just all depends on how bad it would be if the information was false, a little misquote to your friends is embarrassing but acceptible… but failing an exam isn’t!

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