Cardiovascular system
Posterior auricular vein
Vena auricularis posterior
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- External jugular vein
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior auricular vein is a vein of the head.
It begins from a plexus with the occipital vein and the superficial temporal vein, descends behind the auricle, and drains into the external jugular vein.
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Names
- Latin
- Vena auricularis posterior
- English
- Posterior auricular vein
- French
- Veine auriculaire postérieure
- Spanish
- Vena auricular posterior
- Portuguese
- Veia auricular posterior