Veins Flashcards
Vein location
In neurovascular bundles
Jugular veins
External and internal
External jugular
Drains small portion of extracranial tissues
*at neck
Internal jugular
Drains the brain and most head and neck tissues
Facial vein (IJ)
Collects from:
Supratrochlear vein Supraorbital vein Opthalmic vein Cavernous venous sinus Pterygoid plexus of veins Superior and inferior labial veins Submental Lingual veins
“Surely she can pretend she likes oral sex”
Retromandibular vein (EJ)
Created by:
Collects from:
Union of superficial temporal vein and maxillary vein
Posterior auricular vein
Retromandibular vein
Becomes:
External jugular
Maxillary vein (EJ)
Collects from:
Pterygoid plexus of veins
Pterygoid plexus of veins from maxillary vein receives from:
Middle meningeal,
posterior superior alveolar,
Inferior alveolar
Maxillary vein drains to:
And then to:
Retromandibular then to external
Posterior superior alveolar and inferior alveolar drain into:
(All teeth)
The pterygoid plexus
Inferior and superior labial will drain into:
The facial vein
Venous sinuses-
location:
Channel blood: from the cerebral veins usually to the internal jugular
In the brain
Vein structure
Tunica media and tunica adventitia
*No internal elastic lamina
Cavernous sinus thrombosis is an __________ that may cause what symptoms _________
Infected clot,
Fever, drowsiness, tachycardia
*tooth infection or wrong injection may cause
