Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Veins: Head, Neck, and Thorax: Common Facial Vein

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Veins: Head, Neck, and Thorax

Common Facial Vein

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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The common facial vein may (a) cross over the sternocleidomastoid muscle and open into the the external jugular vein; (b) open into the anterior jugular vein; run beneath the posterior belly of the digastricus and stylohyoid muscles; and (d) receive the lingual vein, pharyngeal vein, or both, and the submental vein. The anterior facial vein may receive the angular, the posterior facial and the lingual veins.

References

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Bergman, R.A., Thompson, S.A., Afifi, A. K. and F.A. Saadeh. (1988) Compendium of Human Anatomic Variation: Catalog, Atlas and World Literature. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Baltimore and Munich.

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