Anterior auricular veins
Anterior auricular veins | |
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Veins of the head and neck (anterior auricular veins not labeled, but region is visible) | |
Lateral head anatomy detail | |
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Drains to | Superficial temporal vein |
Artery | Anterior auricular branches of superficial temporal artery[1] |
Identifiers | |
Latin | venae auriculares anteriores |
TA98 | A12.3.05.040 |
TA2 | 4840 |
FMA | 70853 |
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] |
The anterior auricular veins are veins which drain the anterior aspect of the external ear.[2] The veins drains to the superficial temporal vein.[3]
See also
- Posterior auricular vein
References
- ^ Susan Standring (7 August 2015). Gray's Anatomy E-Book: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 500. ISBN 978-0-7020-6851-5.
- ^ Henry Gray (1867). Anatomy, descriptive and surgical. Henry C. Lea. pp. 459.
- ^ Jean Cruveilhier (1844). The Anatomy of the Human Body. Harper & Brothers. pp. 590.
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