Deep facial vein

Deep facial vein
Details
Drains to	facial vein
Identifiers
Latin	vena profunda faciei
TA	A12.3.05.027
FMA	50916
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The anterior facial vein receives a branch of considerable size, the deep facial vein, from the pterygoid venous plexus.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Retromandibular	maxillary pterygoid plexus superficial temporal anterior auricular

Direct	posterior auricular transverse cervical suprascapular anterior jugular jugular venous arch

Superficial:	superior superficial middle inferior inferior anastomotic (Labbé) superior anastomotic (Trolard)

Deep:	great internal basal deep middle superior thalamostriate

To COS	superior sagittal straight inferior sagittal occipital

To CS	sphenoparietal intercavernous superior ophthalmic ethmoidal central retinal nasofrontal vorticose veins inferior ophthalmic

To IJV	sigmoid: transverse petrosquamous superior petrosal inferior petrosal basilar plexus internal auditory veins condylar

Direct

Vertebral	occipital occipital emissary suboccipital venous plexus deep cervical

Direct	inferior thyroid inferior laryngeal thymic

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