Pharyngeal veins
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| Vein: Pharyngeal veins | ||
|---|---|---|
| Veins of the head and neck. (Pharyngeal visible at left.) | ||
| Latin | vv. pharyngeæ | |
| Gray's | subject #168 649 | |
The Pharyngeal Veins begin in the pharyngeal plexus on the outer surface of the pharynx, and, after receiving some posterior meningeal veins and the vein of the pterygoid canal, end in the internal jugular.
They occasionally open into the facial, lingual, or superior thyroid vein.
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