facial vein

The anterior facial vein (facial vein) commences at the side of the root of the nose, and is a direct continuation of the angular vein where it also receives a small nasal branch. It lies behind the facial artery and follows a less tortuous course. It receives blood from the external palatine vein before it either joins the anterior branch of the retromandibular vein to form the common facial vein, or drains directly into the internal jugular vein. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the facial vein is

The anterior facial vein (facial vein) commences at the side of the root of the nose, and is a direct continuation of the angular vein where it also receives a small nasal branch. It lies behind the facial artery and follows a less tortuous course. It receives blood from the external palatine vein before it either joins the anterior branch of the retromandibular vein to form the common facial vein, or drains directly into the internal jugular vein. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a vein at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the facial vein is

It sits in the head, within the cardiovascular system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the facial vein connects to

The atlas records 18 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of blood vasculature, craniocervical region and face, and 3 more.

Supply and innervation

Venous drainage: internal jugular vein, angular vein, deep facial vein, mental vein, parotid vein and submental vein, and 3 more.

Also called

Also recorded as face vein, vein of face, anterior facial vein and vena facialis anterior. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001653, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: blood vasculature, craniocervical region, face, head, systemic venous system and vasculature of head.
• A kind of: blood vessel and systemic vein.
• drains to: internal jugular vein, angular vein, deep facial vein, mental vein, parotid vein and submental vein, and 3 more.
• subtype: retromandibular vein.

Questions

Where is the facial vein?

It sits in the head, within the cardiovascular system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the facial vein connect to?

Part of: blood vasculature, craniocervical region, face, head, systemic venous system and vasculature of head.

Is the facial vein the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.