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| Vein: Angular vein | |
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| Veins of the head and neck. (Angular visible at center right.) | |
| Latin | vena angularis |
| Gray's | subject #167 645 |
| Source | supraorbital |
| Drains to | facial |
| Artery | angular artery |
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.
Additional images
 Bloodvessels of the eyelids, front view. |
External links
- Angular+vein at eMedicine Dictionary
- Diagram at stchas.edu
- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM
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