Angular vein

Angular vein

Infobox Vein
Name = Angular vein
Latin = vena angularis
GraySubject = 167
GrayPage = 645



Caption = Veins of the head and neck. (Angular visible at center right.)


Caption2 =
DrainsFrom =
Source = supraorbital
DrainsTo = facial
Artery = angular artery
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DorlandsPre = v_05
DorlandsSuf = 12849406
The angular vein formed by the junction of the frontal vein and supraorbital vein, runs obliquely downward, on the side of the root of the nose, to the level of the lower margin of the orbit, where it becomes the anterior facial vein.

It receives the external nasal veins of the ala nasi, and communicates with the superior ophthalmic vein through the nasofrontal vein, thus establishing an important anastomosis between the anterior facial vein and the cavernous sinus.


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External links

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* [http://www.stchas.edu/divisions/aao/ace/science/modelpics/circulatory/head.shtml Diagram at stchas.edu]
* http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM


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