Any vein serving the ear region. [ http://www.thefreedictionary.com/auricular+vein ]
Synonyms: vena auriculares venae auriculares
Term information
- NCIT:C77673
- EMAPA:37136 (MA:th)
- MA:0003054
- UMLS:C2698201 (ncithesaurus:Auricular_Vein)
In humans this refers to either the anterior or posterior auricular vein, passing in front of or behind the ear. This class also groups other auricular veins, including the greater, ventral, central auricular nerves. These may exhibit different branching structures. In the pig, the external jugular branches to the maxillary to the caudal auricular to the middle auricular, then onto various unique patterns
Term relations
- head blood vessel
- craniocervical region vein
- part of some head
- part of some system
- tributary of some external jugular vein
- drains some external ear