Dentist Notes

Vessels

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💡Venous formation

VesselFormation / drainage
Brachiocephalic veinInternal jugular vein + subclavian vein
External jugular veinPosterior division of retromandibular vein + posterior auricular vein
Retromandibular veinSuperficial temporal vein + maxillary vein
Axillary veinBasilic vein + brachial venae comitantes near the lower border of teres major
Portal veinSuperior mesenteric vein + splenic vein; forms posterior to the neck of the pancreas
Brachiocephalic trunkDivides into right common carotid and right subclavian arteries
Inferior thyroid veinsUsually drain into the brachiocephalic veins, often the left
Internal jugular veinBegins at jugular foramen and terminates at the venous angle behind the sternoclavicular joint

💡Detailed

💡Arteries

ECA

Figure: ECA
Figure 2: ECA

💡Subclavian

Figure: 💡Subclavian

💡Facial

Figure: 💡Facial

💡Maxillary

Figure: 💡Maxillary

💡Meningeal

Figure: 💡Meningeal

💡Tonsils

Figure: 💡Tonsils

💡Veins

💡Subclavian

Figure: 💡Subclavian

💡EJV

Figure: 💡EJV
Figure 2: 💡EJV

💡IJV

Figure: 💡IJV
Figure 2: 💡IJV