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Definition of Posterior facial vein

1. Noun. Posterior branch of the facial vein; formed by temporal veins in front of the ear.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Posterior Facial Vein

Literary usage of Posterior 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)
"It descends behind the auricula, and joins the posterior division of the posterior facial vein to form the external jugular. It receive the stylomastoid ..."

2. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"It comes from near the caudal end of the mandible, where it becomes continuous with a communicating branch from the posterior facial vein, and receives a ..."

3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"Follow the divisions posteriorly, across the posterior facial vein, to their union with the trunk of the nerve, which pierces the postero-medial surface of ..."

4. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"It descends behind the auricula, and joins the posterior division of the posterior facial vein to form the external jugular. It receive the stylomastoid ..."

5. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"The posterior facial vein, uniting with the anterior one, forms a common trunk, which in general lies over the division of the carotid artery. ..."

6. Anatomical terminology, with special reference to the (B N A) by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1907)
"... Masseteric veins Anterior parotid veins Palatine vein Submental vein Posterior facial vein Superficial temporal veins Anterior auricular veins Posterior ..."

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