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Maxillary vein

Maxillary vein

Vein of the head

The maxillary vein or internal maxillary vein is a vein of the head. It is a short trunk which accompanies (the first part of) the maxillary artery. It is formed by a confluence of the veins of the pterygoid plexus. It and passes posterior-ward between the sphenomandibular ligament and the neck of the mandible to enter the parotid gland where unites with the superficial temporal vein to form the retromandibular vein (posterior facial vein).[1]

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Structure

Development

The maxillary vein may be the embryological origin of the central retinal vein.[2]

Additional images

  • Head anatomy anterior view

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 646 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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    Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 680. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. [2]
    Remington, Lee Ann (2012). "7 - Ocular Embryology". Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System (3rd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 123–143. doi:10.1016/B978-1-4377-1926-0.10007-4. ISBN 978-1-4377-1926-0.
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