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Definition of Temporal vein
1. Noun. Any of several veins draining the temporal region.
Specialized synonyms: Deep Temporal Vein, Middle Temporal Vein, Superficial Temporal Vein
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporal Vein
Literary usage of Temporal vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The temporal vein commences by a minute plexus on the side and vertex of the ...
The temporal vein then descends between the external auditory meatus and ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The temporal vein is formed close to the zygoma by the union of two ...
The superficial temporal vein takes its origin in branches which spread <>\vr the ..."
3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"13i). The blood it conveys passes eventually to the internal jugular vein.
The superficial temporal vein accompanies the corresponding artery. ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The superficial temporal vein receives in its course some parotid veins, ...
The middle temporal vein receives the orbital vein, which is formed by some ..."
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