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 a small nasal branch. It lies behind the facial artery and follows a less tortuous course. It receives blood from the external palatine vein before it either joins the anterior branch of the retromandibular vein to form the common facial vein, or drains directly into the internal jugular vein. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_vein ]
Synonyms: vein of face face vein
Term information
- FMA:50874
- UMLS:C0226532 (ncithesaurus:Facial_Vein)
- Wikipedia:Facial_vein
- NCIT:C32579
- MA:0002115
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvziz3JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- AAO:0010513
- SCTID:181374006
- EMAPA:19220
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
Vein which collects blood from muscles of the head and drains into the external jugular vein.[AAO]
Term relations
- head blood vessel
- craniocervical region vein
- part of some face
- tributary of some internal jugular vein