Deep facial vein

Deep facial vein
Vein: Deep facial vein
Latin vena profunda faciei
Gray's subject #167 645
Drains to facial vein

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

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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
Direct
Brachiocephalic
Direct

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