Deep lingual vein

Vein: Deep lingual vein
Veins of the tongue. The hypoglossal nerve has been displaced downward in this preparation.
Latin	vena profunda linguae
Drains to	lingual vein
Artery	deep lingual artery

The deep lingual vein is a vein which drains the tongue.

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