VENOUS DRAINAGE OF THE FACE

Question 1

venous drainage of the face

Answer 1

1. the venous return from the face is normally superficial but anastomose with deep veins
2. facial veins moving parallel with facial arteries are valveless veins that provide the primary superficial drainage of the face

Question 2

angular vein

Answer 2

when supra-orbital and supratrochlear come together at the medial corner of the orbit

Question 3

internal jugular vein

Answer 3

it is when the facial artery and vein part ways at the inferior border of the mandible, and the vein passes superficial to the submandibular gland to enter the internal jugular vein

Question 4

facial veins tributaries

Answer 4

a. deep facial vein
b. retromandibular vein
c. superior temporal vein

Question 5

deep facial vein

Answer 5

drains pterygoid venous plexus of the infratemporal fossa

Question 6

retromandibular vein

Answer 6

1. deep vessel
2. formed by the union of the superficial temporal vein and the maxillary vein
   3, maxillary vein drains the pterygoid venous plexus

Question 7

external jugular vein

Answer 7

when the retromandibular vein dives into an anterior branch that unites with the facial vein and a posterior branch that joins the posterior auricle vein

Question 8

at the medial angle, of the eye, the facial vein communicates with the superior ophthalmic vein which

Answer 8

1. drains into the cavernous sinus