Lingual veins

Lingual veins
Veins of the tongue. (Lingual vein labeled at left.)
Details
Drains fromTongue
Drains toInternal jugular vein
ArteryLingual artery
Identifiers
Latinvena lingualis
TA98A12.3.05.009
TA24807
FMA14326
Anatomical terminology

The lingual veins are multiple veins of the tongue with two distinct courses: one group drains into the lingual artery; another group drains either into the lingual artery, (common) facial vein, or internal jugular vein.[1]

  1. ^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. pp. 592–593. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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