Preferred Name

posterior auricular vein

Synonyms

posterior auricular vein

venae auricularis posterior

Definitions

The posterior auricular vein begins upon the side of the head, in a plexus which communicates with the tributaries of the occipital vein and superficial temporal veins. It descends behind the auricula, and joins the posterior division of the posterior facial vein to form the external jugular. It receive the stylomastoid vein, and some tributaries from the cranial surface of the auricula.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006199

database_cross_reference

EMAPA:37138

UMLS:C0226544

SCTID:150188002

NCIT:C33349

Wikipedia:Posterior_auricular_vein

FMA:50851

MA:0002090

definition

The posterior auricular vein begins upon the side of the head, in a plexus which communicates with the tributaries of the occipital vein and superficial temporal veins. It descends behind the auricula, and joins the posterior division of the posterior facial vein to form the external jugular. It receive the stylomastoid vein, and some tributaries from the cranial surface of the auricula.

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Gray557.png

external_ontology_notes

check placement of MA class

has exact synonym

posterior auricular vein

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

venae auricularis posterior

id

UBERON:0006199

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas

label

posterior auricular vein

notation

UBERON:0006199

prefLabel

posterior auricular vein

present_in_taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

tributary of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001101

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006197

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