Veins Ear Anterior

Ear veins

Anterior auricular veins (lat. v. auricularis anterior) are a pair of large veins emerging from the anterior surface of the auricle and participating in the formation of the superficial auriculotemporal vein (usually together with the external jugular vein).

Anatomy The anterior venous vessels drain into the superficial auricular vein and are slightly curled; The parietal vein on both sides gives rise to the lateral petrosal veins. Posterior venous tributaries also take part in the formation of the petrosal veins and the vein entering the petrotympanic fissure. The confluence at the head of the malleus forms the deep petrosal vein. The septal vein is a branch of the external jugular vein.

Function They transmit blood from the tissues of the auricle area to the superficial veins of the temporal region.

The anterior auricular veins (v.auriculares anterior - VAA) are an anastomosis of the internal carotid, facial, maxillary, occipital, and sometimes vertebral veins. Tributaries: facial vein, superior labial and inferior labial veins, mucoperiosteal vessels, anterior branch of the superior temporal vein, mandibular vein. Venous drainage: into the parotid vein, anterior meningeal vein and cerebral veins.

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