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Posterior auricular vein

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Drains from
  
Scalp

Dorlands /Elsevier
  
v_05/12849539

Drains to
  
External jugular vein

TA
  
A12.3.05.046

Posterior auricular vein

Artery
  
Posterior auricular artery

Latin
  
Vena auricularis posterior

The posterior auricular vein begins upon the side of the head, in a plexus which communicates with the tributaries of the occipital vein and superficial temporal veins.

It descends behind the auricula, and joins the posterior division of the posterior facial vein to form the external jugular.

It receive the stylomastoid vein, and some tributaries from the cranial surface of the auricula.

References

Posterior auricular vein Wikipedia


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