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facial vein
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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 ]
Term info
Label
facial vein
Synonyms
- face vein
- vein of face
Subsets
uberon_slim
depicted by
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external definition
Vein which collects blood from muscles of the head and drains into the external jugular vein.[AAO]
external ontology notes
MA and NCITA also has 'anterior facial vein'
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
anterior facial vein, vena facialis anterior
id
UBERON:0001653
Term relations
Subclass of:
- head blood vessel
- neck blood vessel
- craniocervical region vein
- material entity
- part of some face
- part of some internal jugular vein
- tributary of some internal jugular vein