POSTERIOR FACIAL VEIN 



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through the substance of the parotid gland — here lying lateral to the super- 

 ficial temporal and external carotid arteries. At the angle of the mandible it 

 runs medially and somewhat forward, and, passing either deep or superficial ;to 

 the stylo-hyoid and digastric muscles, joins the anterior facial to form the 

 common facial vein. 



The tributaries received by the posterior facial vein are: — (a) the superficial 



Fig. 511.— The Veins of the Head, Neck, and Axilla. (After Toldt, "Atlas of Human 

 Anatomy," Rebman, London and New York.) 



Frontal diploic veins 



Supraorbital vein 



Middle temporal vein 



Superficial temporal artery 

 and vein 



External nasal veins 

 Angular vein 



Articular mandibular veins 



Posterior facial veins 



Occipital artery and 

 vein 



Common facial vein 



Superficial cervical artery and vein ^ 

 Transverse cervical vein 

 Subclavian artery and vein 

 Cephalic vein , 

 Acromial vein \ 



Axillary artery and vein 

 Basilic vein 



Anterior facial vein 



Submental vein 



.^ Hypoglossal nerve 



J/ and venae comitans 



' Superior thyreoid 



•'' artery and vein 



,^ Superior laryngeal 



artery and vein 



External jugular vein 

 Transverse scapular vein 



Right innominate vein 

 Cervical lymph-nodes 



Iimominate artery 

 Thyreoidea ima vein 



Circumflex hum- / Anterior \ 

 eral vein \ Posterior \ 



Circumflex scapular vein 



Lateral thoracic artery and vein 



temporal veins; (b) the middle temporal vein; (c) the transverse facial vein; 

 (clj the articular veins; fe) the posterior parotid veins; (f) the anterior auricular 

 veins; (g) the stylo-mastoid vein; and (h) the internal maxillary vein through 

 which occurs the principal drainage of the pterygoid plexus. 



