Lingual veins

Lingual veins
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Veins of the tongue. (Lingual vein labeled at left.)
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Gray's subject #168 648
Drains from    tongue
Drains to internal jugular vein
Artery lingual artery

The lingual veins begin on the dorsum, sides, and under surface of the tongue, and, passing backward along the course of the lingual artery, end in the internal jugular vein.

The vena comitans of the hypoglossal nerve (ranine vein), a branch of considerable size, begins below the tip of the tongue, and may join the lingual; generally, however, it passes backward on the Hyoglossus, and joins the common facial.

The lingual veins are important clinically as they are capable of rapid absorption of drugs; for this reason, nitroglycerin is given under the tongue to patients suspected of having angina pectoris.

Tributaries

  1. Sublingual vein
  2. Deep lingual vein
  3. Dorsal lingual vein
  4. Suprahyoid vein

External links

References

Moore NA and Roy W. Rapid Review: Gross Anatomy. Elsevier, 2010.

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.


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