Lingual veins
Appearance
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Lingual veins | |
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![]() Veins of the tongue. (Lingual vein labeled at left.) | |
Details | |
Drains from | Tongue |
Drains to | Internal jugular vein |
Artery | Lingual artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | vena lingualis |
TA98 | A12.3.05.009 |
TA2 | 4807 |
FMA | 14326 |
Anatomical terminology |
The lingual veins are multiple veins of the tongue with two distinct courses: one group drains into the lingual artery; another group drains either into the lingual artery, (common) facial vein, or internal jugular vein.[1]
Clinical significance
[edit]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.[citation needed]
See also
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. pp. 592–593. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
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- Moore NA and Roy W. Rapid Review: Gross Anatomy. Elsevier, 2010.