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Definition of Palatine vein
1. Noun. A vein that drains the region of the palate and empties into the facial vein.
Medical Definition of Palatine vein
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Palatine Vein
Literary usage of Palatine vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"The inferior palatine vein,9 derived from a plexus of the tonsil and soft palate,
and descending at the side of the pharynx. The external jugular vein 10 is ..."
2. Wisconsin Medical Journal by State Medical Society of Wisconsin (1908)
"The connection with the tonsil is this: The venous Wood of the tonsil flows
through the palatine vein into the internal jugular, above the entrance of the ..."
3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"(f) The inferior palatine vein returns the blood from a plexus surrounding the
tonsil and from the soft palate ; it passes downwards, being deeply seated by ..."
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