Occipital emissary vein

Vein: Occipital emissary vein
Latin	vena emissaria occipitalis
Drains to	occipital vein

The occipital emissary vein is a small emissary vein which passes through the condylar canal.

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

Veins (emissary, jugular and others) of head and neck (drainage patterns can vary) (TA A12.3.04–06, GA 7.644)

External jugular

Retromandibular	maxillary (pterygoid plexus) · superficial temporal (anterior auricular)

Direct	posterior auricular transverse cervical · suprascapular · anterior jugular (jugular venous arch)

Internal jugular

Diploic/brain

Cerebral

Superficial cerebral veins: superior · superficial middle · inferior · inferior anastomotic (Labbé) · superior anastomotic (Trolard)

Deep cerebral veins: great · internal (basal, deep middle, superior thalamostriate)

Cerebellar

superior · inferior

Sinuses

To COS	superior sagittal · straight (inferior sagittal) · occipital

To CS	sphenoparietal · intercavernous superior ophthalmic (ethmoidal, central retinal, nasofrontal, vorticose veins) · inferior ophthalmic

To IJV	sigmoid: transverse (petrosquamous) · superior petrosal inferior petrosal (basilar plexus, internal auditory veins) · condylar

Facial/common facial

frontal · supraorbital · angular · superior labial · inferior labial · deep facial

Direct

lingual (dorsal lingual, deep lingual, sublingual) · pharyngeal · superior thyroid (superior laryngeal) · middle thyroid

Brachiocephalic

Vertebral	occipital (occipital emissary) · suboccipital venous plexus deep cervical

Direct	inferior thyroid (inferior laryngeal) · thymic

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