Lingual veins

Lingual veins

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
TA A12.3.05.009
FMA 14326

Anatomical terminology

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 veins
  4. Suprahyoid vein

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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