Angular vein

Vein: Angular vein
Veins of the head and neck. (Angular visible at center right.)
Latin	vena angularis
Gray's	subject #167 645
Source	supraorbital
Drains to	facial
Artery	angular artery

The angular vein formed by the junction of the frontal vein and supraorbital vein, runs obliquely downward, on the side of the root of the nose, to the level of the lower margin of the orbit, where it becomes the anterior facial vein.

It receives the external nasal veins of the ala nasi, and communicates with the superior ophthalmic vein through the nasofrontal vein, thus establishing an important anastomosis between the anterior facial vein and the cavernous sinus.

Additional images

Bloodvessels of the eyelids, front view.

Lateral head anatomy detail

Head anatomy anterior view

External links

• Angular+vein at eMedicine Dictionary
• Diagram at stchas.edu
• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM

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