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Superficial temporal vein
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| Vein: Superficial temporal vein | ||
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| Veins of the head and neck. ("Sup. Temp." labeled at center, anterior to the ear.) | ||
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| Bloodvessels of the eyelids, front view. (13, at left, is branch of the superficial temporal vein.) | ||
| Latin | venae temporales superficiales | |
| Gray's | subject #167 645 | |
| Drains from | temple, scalp | |
| Drains to | retromandibular vein | |
| Artery | superficial temporal artery | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | v_05/12851960 | |
The superficial temporal vein is a vein of the side of the head.
It begins on the side and vertex of the skull in a plexus which communicates with the frontal vein and supraorbital vein, with the corresponding vein of the opposite side, and with the posterior auricular vein and occipital vein.
From this network frontal and parietal branches arise, and unite above the zygomatic arch to form the trunk of the vein, which is joined by the middle temporal vein emerging from the temporalis muscle.
It then crosses the posterior root of the zygomatic arch, enters the substance of the parotid gland, and unites with the internal maxillary vein to form the posterior facial vein.
The superficial temporal vein receives in its course the following:
- some parotid veins
- articular veins from the temporomandibular joint
- anterior auricular veins from the auricula
- the transverse facial vein from the side of the face
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| head and face | common facial • facial (frontal, supraorbital, angular, superior labial, inferior labial, deep facial) • pterygoid plexus
retromandibular (maxillary) • superficial temporal (anterior auricular) • posterior auricular occipital • suboccipital venous plexus |
| neck | internal jugular: lingual • pharyngeal • superior thyroid • middle thyroid
other jugular veins: external • anterior • arch vertebral (deep cervical) |
| diploic/brain | cerebral: superior • middle • inferior • great • internal (basal) cerebellar: superior • inferior |
| sinuses of the dura mater | sigmoid • transverse (petrosquamous)
confluence: superior sagittal • straight (inferior sagittal) • occipital cavernous (sphenoparietal) • inferior petrosal (basilar plexus) • intercavernous • superior petrosal • emissary |
| ophthalmic | superior ophthalmic • central retinal • nasofrontal • inferior ophthalmic • vorticose veins |
| internal auditory veins | |