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Posterior facial vein

Posterior facial vein
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Veins of the head and neck
(retromandibular vein visible at center).
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Dissection, showing salivary glands of right side (retromandibular vein visible at bottom center).
Details
Source Superficial temporal vein,
maxillary veins
Drains to External jugular vein
Artery Facial artery
Identifiers
Latin Vena retromandibularis,
vena facialis posterior
TA A12.3.05.031
FMA 50928
Anatomical terminology
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The retromandibular vein (temporomaxillary vein, posterior facial vein), formed by the union of the superficial temporal and maxillary veins, descends in the substance of the parotid gland, superficial to the external carotid artery but beneath the facial nerve, between the ramus of the mandible and the sternocleidomastoideus muscle.

It divides into two branches:

Parrot's sign is a sensation of pain when pressure is applied to the retromandibular region.

Lateral head anatomy detail

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 646 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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