THE HEAD AND NECK 



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The anterior jugular vein commences in the roof of the sub- 

 maxillary or digastric triangle, where it is formed bj^ the union of 

 radicles which communicate with the submental vein, and are joined 

 by radicles which have descended from the structures over the body 

 of the inferior maxilla. It descends vertically near the median 

 line, Ijdng at first superficial to the deep cervical fascia, but sub- 



/jk_ / ^~J^'^^^ \ jj -~^^^^ \ tMk Frontal Vein 



f ^O ' T( v'^t^^-SfecR Supra-orbital Vein 



:rior Auricubr Lym- ,C Y/ ij A\ v ■ /;k^/'^ /^^^^^VN Superficial Temporal 

 phatic Glands P^4>k >i \ (;. r^^T^TfnT' '"" 



OcdpiulVein4^jn^ (^^\^^ 



Occipital Lymphatic ---T^^^T^ i A^^^^i^^^MM^HliL'' ' •' ' ' l^i ^^^^ 



GUnd \ PX mW^^IB^R^''' '" ' — 1^7:} -W Temp.-Maxillary Vein 



:erior Auricular Vein \ t--^----— v?PWH '"'. nt^H^<^ ) _ 



\ T^X \^V ' »]S?'=^-i^ Facial Vein 



Posterior Division of . N KA V- VV^JS ^ ^y - ^ 



Temp<^^Maxillary \\^ \ -JF/^'J^^Wi^S^T ^nt. Div. of Temporo- 



Superficial Cervical -c-r^-'-'-'-T^^'^^^S^ ij I \-^^^^^^^^I~' Submax. Lymph. Gland 



Lymphatic Glands "'"--^^ i Uf, -^X--/ f \ ^S~~~~~^~f^ ~i - - ~ Common Facial Vein 



~"">-»^ / VVA^I 1 , \^"^r-~^7~ "---""" Internal Jugular Vein 



/ W -^ ""^^ L^^CM^ J 7^" -- ~~~ Lingual Vein 



rtemal Jugular Vem mrrrySfr/S^^ ^"^^--Middle Thyroid Vein 



Transv^C«vical..._ /|/ll^Ll^;^ "^C V I ....V'-V-V.-- Anterior Jugular Vein 



>4; i'' ! \\ \a7/' ' A C^r "X^- Suprasternal Lynr 



yr-I'lii) 1 ^\\\\!:^,::0y^ ■■ -^ ^\ phaticGland 



Suprascapular Vein and Supraclavicular 

 Lymphatic Glands 



Fig. 441. — The Superficial Veins and Superficial Lymphatic Glands 

 OF THE Right Side of the Head and Neck. 



(The Platysma Myoides Muscle has been removed) . 



sequently entering the suprasternal interfascial space, or space of 

 Bums. It then describes a bend, and, passing out%vards behind the 

 stemo-cleido-mastoid muscle, and in front of the scalenus anticus, 

 it opens into the lower part of the external jugular vein. It may, 

 however, open into the subclavian vein. It communicates with the 

 external jugular vein by one or more branches, and it usually receives 

 a branch from the facial vein which descends along the anterior 



