Common facial vein

Common facial vein
Vein: Common facial vein
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Veins of the head and neck.
Gray's subject #167 645
Source facial vein
Drains to jugular vein

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 the internal jugular vein at a variable point below the hyoid bone.

From near its termination a communicating branch often runs down the anterior border of the Sternocleidomastoideus to join the lower part of the anterior jugular vein.

The common facial vein is not present in all individuals.

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eVeins (emissary, jugular and others) of head and neck (drainage patterns can vary) (TA A12.3.04–06, GA 7.644)
External jugular
Direct
Internal jugular

Superficial cerebral veins: superior · superficial middle · inferior  · inferior anastomotic (Labbé)  · superior anastomotic (Trolard)

Deep cerebral veins: great · internal (basal, deep middle, superior thalamostriate)
To COS
To CS
To IJV
Facial/common facial
Direct
Brachiocephalic
Direct

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