Pharyngeal veins
The pharyngeal veins begin in the pharyngeal plexus on the outer surface of the pharynx, and, after receiving some posterior meningeal veins and the vein of the pterygoid canal, end in the internal jugular.
| Pharyngeal veins | |
|---|---|
 Veins of the head and neck. (Pharyngeal visible at left.) | |
 Muscles of the pharynx, viewed from behind, together with the associated vessels and nerves. | |
| Details | |
| Drains from | pharynx |
| Drains to | internal jugular vein |
| Artery | pharyngeal branches of inferior thyroid artery |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | venae pharyngeae |
| TA | A12.3.05.007 |
| FMA | 70840 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
They occasionally open into the facial, lingual, or superior thyroid vein.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 649 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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