Veins of Head & Neck Flashcards
Identify vein A.
Superficial temporal
Identify vein B.
Maxillary vein.
Identify vein C.
Posterior division of retromandibular vein
Identify vein D.
External jugular vein
Identify vein E.
Posterior auricular vein
What is the vein identified here?
Maxillary veins
Identify vein A.
Posterior auricular vein
Identify vein B.
External jugular vein
Identify vein A.
Superior vena cava
What is the function of the superior vena cava?
Returns deoxygenated blood from regions above diaphragm
What forms the superior vena cava?
Union of brachiocephalic veins
Identify vein B.
Right brachiocephalic vein
Describe the course of the right brachiocephalic vein.
Origin: Union of right internal jugular and subclavian veins
Descends vertically to join left brachiocephalic vein.
What structures are drained by the right brachiocephalic vein?
Head, neck, upper limbs
Identify vein C.
Left brachiocephalic vein.
Describe the course of the left brachiocephalic vein
Origin: union of left internal jugular and subclavian veins
Descends to the right to join right brachiocephalic vein.
What structures are drained by the left brachiocephalic vein?
Head, neck, upper limbs
Identify structure D.
Subclavian vein
Describe the course of the subclavian vein.
Origin: axillary vein
superiomedially to internal jugular vein, forming brachiocephalic vein
What structures are drained by the subclavian vein?
Upper limb
Identify vein E.
External jugular vein.
