Lingual veins

Veins of the tongue. (Lingual vein labeled at left.)

Details
Drains from| Tongue
Drains to| Internal jugular vein
Artery| Lingual artery
Identifiers
Latin| Vena lingualis
TA98| A12.3.05.009
TA2| 4807
FMA| 14326
Anatomical terminology

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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]

## Clinical significance[edit]

The lingual veins are important clinically as they are capable of rapid absorption of drugs; for this reason, nitroglycerin is given under the tongue to patients suspected of having angina pectoris.[citation needed]

## See also[edit]

* Deep lingual vein
* Dorsal lingual veins

## External links[edit]

* Photo of model (frog)

## References[edit]

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)

* Moore NA and Roy W. Rapid Review: Gross Anatomy. Elsevier, 2010.

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Veins of the head and neck

External jugular|

| Retromandibular|

* maxillary
* pterygoid plexus
* superficial temporal
* anterior auricular

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Direct|

* posterior auricular
* transverse cervical
* suprascapular
* anterior jugular
* jugular venous arch

Internal jugular|

| Diploic/brain|

| Cerebral|

| Superficial:|

* superior
* superficial middle
* inferior
* inferior anastomotic (Labbé)
* superior anastomotic (Trolard)

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Deep:|

* great
* internal
* basal
* deep middle
* superior thalamostriate

Cerebellar|

* superior
* inferior

Sinuses|

| To COS|

* superior sagittal
* straight
* inferior sagittal
* occipital

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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

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Direct|

* inferior thyroid
* inferior laryngeal
* thymic

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* Anatomy

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