page_title: Posterior auricular vein
hierarchical_section_title: Posterior auricular vein
caption_attribution_description: head anatomy lateral view superficial details
context_page_description: 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 vein.
  It receive the stylomastoid vein, and some tributaries from the cranial surface of the auricula.
context_section_description: 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 vein.
  It receive the stylomastoid vein, and some tributaries from the cranial surface of the auricula.
caption: Lateral head anatomy detail
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