The anterior facial vein receives a branch of considerable size, the deep facial vein, from the pterygoid venous plexus.

Deep facial vein
Details
Drains toFacial vein
Identifiers
Latinvena profunda faciei
TA98A12.3.05.027
TA24826
FMA50916
Anatomical terminology

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  This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 645 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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