Posterior facial vein
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| Vein: Posterior facial vein | ||
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| Veins of the head and neck. (Post. facial visible at center.) | ||
| Dissection, showing salivary glands of right side. (Post. facial vein visible at bottom center.) | ||
| Latin | vena retromandibularis, vena facialis posterior | |
| Gray's | subject #167 646 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | v_05/12851638 | |
The posterior facial vein (temporomaxillary vein, retromandibular vein), formed by the union of the superficial temporal and internal maxillary veins, descends in the substance of the parotid gland, superficial to the external carotid artery but beneath the facial nerve, between the ramus of the mandible and the Sternocleidomastoideus muscle.
It divides into two branches, an anterior, which passes forward and unites with the anterior facial vein to form the common facial vein and a posterior, which is joined by the posterior auricular vein and becomes the external jugular vein.
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