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maxillary vein

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001660

A vein that consists of a short trunk which accompanies the first part of the internal maxillary artery. It is formed by a confluence of the veins of the pterygoid plexus, and passes backward between the sphenomandibular ligament and the neck of the mandible, and unites with the superficial temporal vein to form the retromandibular vein. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxillary_vein ]

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uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000008

in horses, a branch of the external jugular gives off the occipital and caudal auricular vein

depicted by

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

id

UBERON:0001660

prefLabel

Maxillary vein

present in taxon

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

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