Maxillary veins

Internal maxillary vein

Veins of the head and neck. (Internal maxillary vein visible at center.)

Lateral head anatomy detail
Details
Drains to retromandibular vein
Artery maxillary artery
Identifiers
Latin venae maxillares
Dorlands
/Elsevier
v_05/12850911
TA A12.3.05.035
FMA 70850

Anatomical terminology

The maxillary veins (internal maxillary vein in older sources) consist of a short trunk which accompanies the first part of the internal maxillary artery.

It is formed by a confluence of the veins of the pterygoid plexus, and passes backward between the sphenomandibular ligament and the neck of the mandible, and unites with the superficial temporal vein to form the retromandibular vein.

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References

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



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