Path
From its origin it runs obliquely downward and backward, beneath the Zygomaticus and zygomatic head of the Quadratus labii superioris, descends along the anterior border and then on the superficial surface of the Masseter, crosses over the body of the mandible, and passes obliquely backward, beneath the Platysma and cervical fascia, superficial to the submandibular gland, the Digastricus and Stylohyoideus.
A common misconception states that the facial vein has no valves, but this has been contradicted by recent studies..
Its walls are not so flaccid as most superficial veins.
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Famous quotes containing the word path:
“Every path to a new understanding begins in confusion.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whilst like a puffed and reckless libertine
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)