ANGIOLOGY 



The Veins of the Exterior of the Head and Face (Fig. 557). 



The veins of the exterior of the head and face are : 



Frontal. 

 Supraorbital. 

 Angular. 

 Anterior Facial. 



Occipital. 



Superficial Temporal 

 Internal Maxillary. 

 Posterior Facial. 

 Posterior Auricular. 



Frontal 



Communicating branch 

 with ophthalmic vein 



Angular 



FIG. 557. Veins of the head and neck. 



The frontal vein (v. frontalis) begins on the forehead in a venous plexus which 

 communicates with the frontal branches of the superficial temporal vein. The 

 veins converge to form a single trunk, which runs downward near the middle line 

 of the forehead parallel with the vein of the opposite side. The two veins are joined, 

 at the root of the nose, by a transverse branch, called the nasal arch, which receives 

 some small veins from the dorsum of the nose. At the root of the nose the veins 

 diverge, and, each at the medial angle of the orbit, joins the supraorbital vein, to 



