| Vein: Posterior facial vein | |
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| Veins of the head and neck. (Post. facial visible at center. ) | |
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| Dissection, showing salivary glands of right side. (Post. facial vein visible at bottom center. ) | |
| Latin | vena retromandibularis, vena facialis posterior |
| Gray's | subject #167 646 |
| Source | superficial temporal vein, maxillary veins |
| Drains to | external jugular vein |
| Artery | facial artery |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The retromandibular vein (temporomaxillary vein, posterior facial vein), formed by the union of the superficial temporal and maxillary veins, descends in the substance of the parotid gland, superficial to the external carotid artery but beneath the facial nerve, between the ramus of the mandible and the sternocleidomastoideus muscle. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The superficial temporal vein is a vein of the side of the head The maxillary veins ( internal maxillary vein in older sources consist of a short trunk which accompanies the first part of the Internal maxillary artery. The external jugular vein receives the greater part of the blood from the exterior of the Cranium and the deep parts of the Face, being formed by the junction of the The facial artery ( external maxillary artery in older texts is a branch of the External carotid artery that supplies structures of the face Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group In Human anatomy, the superficial temporal artery is a major Artery of the Head. The maxillary veins ( internal maxillary vein in older sources consist of a short trunk which accompanies the first part of the Internal maxillary artery. For the toad wart see Parotoid gland. The parotid gland is the largest of the Salivary glands It is found wrapped around the Mandibular ramus In Human anatomy, the external carotid artery is a major Artery of the head and neck The facial nerve is the seventh (VII of twelve paired Cranial nerves. The ramus of the Mandible ( perpendicular portion) is Quadrilateral in Shape, and has two surfaces four borders and two processes In Human Anatomy, the sternocleidomastoid (pronounced /ˌstɚ
It divides into two branches:
- an anterior, which passes forward and unites with the anterior facial vein to form the common facial vein. The anterior facial vein ( facial vein) commences at the side of the root of the Nose, and is a direct continuation of the Angular vein where it also receives The Anterior facial vein usually unites with the Posterior facial vein to form the common facial vein, which crosses the External carotid artery and enters
- a posterior, which is joined by the posterior auricular vein and becomes the external jugular vein. The posterior auricular vein begins upon the side of the head in a Plexus which communicates with the tributaries of the Occipital vein and Superficial temporal The external jugular vein receives the greater part of the blood from the exterior of the Cranium and the deep parts of the Face, being formed by the junction of the
External links
- SUNY Labs 27:13-0103 - "Infratemporal fossa: The Pterygoid plexus of Veins"
- Norman/Georgetown lesson4 (parotid2)
- retromandibular+vein at eMedicine Dictionary
- Tufts.edu
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, better known as SUNY Downstate Medical Center, is an academic medical center and is the only one of its kind The infratemporal fossa is an irregularly shaped cavity situated below and medial to the Zygomatic arch. The pterygoid plexus is a Venous plexus of considerable size and is situated between the Temporalis muscle and Lateral pterygoid muscle, and partly between Georgetown University is a Jesuit Private university located in Georgetown Washington D eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely two medical doctors The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (or Gray's Anatomy as it has commonly been shortened is an English-language Human anatomy Textbook As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.
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