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Definition of Anterior facial vein

1. Noun. A continuation of the angular vein; unites with the retromandibular vein before emptying into the internal jugular vein.

Medical Definition of Anterior facial vein

1. A continuation of the angular vein at the medial angle of the eye. It passes diagonally downward and outward, joining with the retromandibular vein below the border of the lower jaw before emptying into the internal jugular vein. Synonym: anterior facial vein, vena facialis anterior, vena facialis. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Anterior facial vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The anterior facial vein receives a branch of considerable size, ... There are some points about the anterior facial vein which render it of great ..."

2. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"... l>, posterior facial vein; r, anterior facial vein ((", angular vein; <r". frontal vein); d, communicating branch with opposite anterior facial; e, ..."

3. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"Whilst making the horizontal incision avoid injuring the external maxillary artery (OT facial) and the anterior facial vein, which pierce the deep fascia at ..."

4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1914)
"Whilst making the horizontal incision avoid injuring the external maxillary artery (OT facial) and the anterior facial vein, which pierce the deep fascia at ..."

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