| Vein: Posterior facial vein | |
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| Veins of the head and neck. (Post. facial visible at center.) | |
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| Dissection, showing salivary glands of right side. (Post. facial vein visible at bottom center.) | |
| Latin | vena retromandibularis, vena facialis posterior |
| Gray's | subject #167 646 |
| Source | superficial temporal vein, maxillary veins |
| Drains to | external jugular vein |
| Artery | facial artery |
The retromandibular vein (temporomaxillary vein, posterior facial vein), formed by the union of the superficial temporal and maxillary veins, descends in the substance of the parotid gland, superficial to the external carotid artery but beneath the facial nerve, between the ramus of the mandible and the sternocleidomastoideus muscle.
It divides into two branches:
- an anterior, which passes forward and unites with the anterior facial vein to form the common facial vein.
- a posterior, which is joined by the posterior auricular vein and becomes the external jugular vein.
Additional images
 Lateral head anatomy detail |
External links
- SUNY Labs 27:13-0103 - "Infratemporal fossa: The Pterygoid plexus of Veins"
- lesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (parotid2)
- retromandibular+vein at eMedicine Dictionary
- Tufts.edu
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.
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