The sublingual vein is a vein which drains the tongue.
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Veins (emissary, jugular and others) of head and neck (drainage patterns can vary) (TA A12.3.04–06, GA 7.644)
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| External jugular |
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Retromandibular
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maxillary (pterygoid plexus) · superficial temporal (anterior auricular)
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Direct
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posterior auricular
transverse cervical · suprascapular · anterior jugular (jugular venous arch)
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| Internal jugular |
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Diploic/brain
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Cerebral
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Superficial cerebral veins: superior · superficial middle · inferior · inferior anastomotic (Labbé) · superior anastomotic (Trolard)
Deep cerebral veins: great · internal (basal, deep middle, superior thalamostriate)
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Cerebellar
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superior · inferior
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Sinuses
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To COS
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superior sagittal · straight (inferior sagittal) · occipital
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To CS
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sphenoparietal · intercavernous
superior ophthalmic (ethmoidal, central retinal, nasofrontal, vorticose veins) · inferior ophthalmic
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To IJV
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sigmoid: transverse (petrosquamous) · superior petrosal
inferior petrosal (basilar plexus, internal auditory veins) · condylar
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Facial/common facial
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frontal · supraorbital · angular · superior labial · inferior labial · deep facial
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Direct
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lingual (dorsal lingual, deep lingual, sublingual) · pharyngeal · superior thyroid (superior laryngeal) · middle thyroid
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Vertebral
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occipital (occipital emissary) · suboccipital venous plexus
deep cervical
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Direct
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inferior thyroid (inferior laryngeal) · thymic
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M: VAS
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anat (a:h/u/t/a/l,v:h/u/t/a/l)/phys/devp/cell/prot
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noco/syva/cong/lyvd/tumr, sysi/epon, injr
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proc, drug (C2s+n/3/4/5/7/8/9)
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