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Posterior auricular vein
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| Vein: Posterior auricular vein | ||
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| Veins of the head and neck. (Posterior auricular visible behind ear.) | ||
| Latin | v. auricularis posterior | |
| Gray's | subject #167 646 | |
| Drains from | scalp | |
| Drains to | external jugular vein | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | v_05/12849539 | |
The posterior auricular vein begins upon the side of the head, in a plexus which communicates with the tributaries of the occipital vein and superficial temporal veins.
It descends behind the auricula, and joins the posterior division of the posterior facial vein to form the external jugular.
It receive the stylomastoid vein, and some tributaries from the cranial surface of the auricula.
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| Veins of head and neck |
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| exterior of the head and face: frontal - supraorbital - angular - facial - common facial (superior labial, inferior labial) - deep facial - superficial temporal - retromandibular - pterygoid - internal maxillary - posterior auricular - occipital
veins of the neck: jugular vein (external, anterior, internal, arch) - inferior petrosal sinus - lingual - pharyngeal - superior thyroid - middle thyroid - vertebral - deep cervical diploic/veins of the brain: cerebral - superior cerebral - middle cerebral - inferior cerebral - basal - internal cerebral - great cerebral - superior cerebellar - inferior cerebellar sinuses of the dura mater: superior sagittal - inferior sagittal - straight - transverse - sigmoid - petrosquamous - occipital - confluence - cavernous - sphenoparietal ophthalmic: vorticose veins - superior ophthalmic - nasofrontal - inferior ophthalmic - intercavernous sinuses - superior petrosal sinus - basilar - emissary |
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