IV.D.3 Face: Facial Vasculature

IV.D.3 Face: Facial Vasculature Page 2 of 3

Venous return

veins

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	NOTE: As you add the following veins, be sure to Rotate the cadaver so you see the anatomic relationships.
	Step 8: Begin with the skull.
	Step 9: Add the internal jugular veins.
	Step 10: Add the external jugular veins.

	Step 11: Add the posterior auricular vein.
	Step 12: Add the retromandibular vein.
	Step 13: Add the superficial temporal vein.
	Step 14: Add the maxillary veins.

	By now you have noticed that the external jugular vein and the retromandibular vein are not connected to any major vein. To what vein do you think it might be connected?
The facial vein. Rotate the cadaver to look at his right side.

	Step 15: Add the angular vein.
	Step 16: Add the supra-orbital vein.