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common facial vein

common facial vein

5.3
A vein that takes blood from the face and drains into a large vein in the neck
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : vena facial común
  • Blood from the face drains into the internal jugular vein through the common facial vein.

Examples

  • Injury to the common facial vein can cause significant bleeding in surgical procedures.

  • Surgeons must be careful when operating near the common facial vein.

  • The common facial vein is visible during detailed anatomical dissection of the neck.

  • The common facial vein is crucial for draining blood from the face.

  • Blood from the face drains into the internal jugular vein through the common facial vein.

  • Injury to the common facial vein can cause significant bleeding in surgical procedures.

  • Surgeons must be careful when operating near the common facial vein.

Synonyms

vena facialis anterior
vscommon facial vein
  • Specialized
9.9

A vein that carries blood from the front of the face toward the neck

forms where two veins join rather than being a simple continuation
anterior facial vein
vscommon facial vein
  • Specialized
8.2

A vein at the front of the face that carries blood from the cheek toward the neck

forms where two veins meet rather than acting as a continuation

Surface Forms

common facial vein singular
common facial veins plural

Morphology

common + facial + vein

A B1 learner who knows 'common', 'facial', and 'vein' can infer that this refers to a vein associated with the face, so the general idea is recoverable from the constituents. However, the precise anatomical sense of 'common' (i.e., a vessel formed by the union of specific veins and draining into the jugular) is technical and not predictable from everyday meanings, making the phrase only partially transparent.

Etymology

Common facial vein is a name that tells you what it is: facial means from the face, vein is a blood vessel, and common shows where two veins meet. Picture two small rivers from the face joining into one stream that 'drains' into the main neck vein, so the name means the vein formed when the facial and retromandibular veins join.