Facial vein
The facial vein (or anterior facial vein) is a relatively large vein in the human face. It commences at the side of the root of the nose and is a direct continuation of the angular vein where it also receives a small nasal branch. It lies behind the facial artery and follows a less tortuous course. It receives blood from the external palatine vein before it either joins the anterior branch of the retromandibular vein to form the common facial vein, or drains directly into the internal jugular vein.
| Facial vein | |
|---|---|
Veins of the head and neck (facial vein labeles as Anterior facial at right center, at cheek, to right of masseter) | |
Dissection, showing salivary glands of right side (facial vein labeled as Anterior facial vein at bottom right) | |
| Details | |
| Drains from | Angular vein |
| Drains to | Internal jugular vein |
| Artery | Facial artery |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | vena facialis anterior |
| TA98 | A12.3.05.018 |
| TA2 | 4817 |
| FMA | 50874 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
A common misconception states that the facial vein has no valves, but this has been contradicted.
Its walls are not so flaccid as most superficial veins.
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