Lingual veins
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| Vein: Lingual veins | ||
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| Veins of the tongue. (Lingual vein labeled at left.) | ||
| Latin | vena lingualis | |
| Gray's | subject #168 648 | |
| Drains from | tongue | |
| Drains to | internal jugular vein | |
| Artery | lingual artery | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | v_05/12850834 | |
The lingual veins begin on the dorsum, sides, and under surface of the tongue, and, passing backward along the course of the lingual artery, end in the internal jugular vein.
The vena comitans of the hypoglossal nerve (ranine vein), a branch of considerable size, begins below the tip of the tongue, and may join the lingual; generally, however, it passes backward on the Hyoglossus, and joins the common facial.
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