facial vein
Noun
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Any of several veins draining the face (synset 105374684)
is a type of: vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heartsubtypes:
- anterior facial vein, vena facialis anterior - a continuation of the angular vein; unites with the retromandibular vein before emptying into the internal jugular vein
- posterior facial vein, retromandibular vein, vena retromandibularis - posterior branch of the facial vein; formed by temporal veins in front of the ear
is a part of: face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to earsame as: vena facialis
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