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Superior labial vein

Vein: Superior labial vein

Veins of the head and neck. (Superior labial vein visible at center right.)
Latin	vena labialis superior
Gray's	subject #167 645
Drains from	upper lip
Drains to	facial vein
Artery	superior labial
Dorlands/Elsevier	v_05/12850782

The superior labial vein is the vein receiving blood from the upper lip.

v • d • e Veins of head and neck
head and face	common facial • facial (frontal, supraorbital, angular, superior labial, inferior labial, deep facial) • pterygoid plexus retromandibular (maxillary) • superficial temporal (anterior auricular) • posterior auricular occipital • suboccipital venous plexus
neck	internal jugular: lingual • pharyngeal • superior thyroid • middle thyroid other jugular veins: external • anterior • arch vertebral (deep cervical)
diploic/brain	cerebral: superior • middle • inferior • great • internal (basal) cerebellar: superior • inferior
sinuses of the dura mater	sigmoid • transverse (petrosquamous) confluence: superior sagittal • straight (inferior sagittal) • occipital cavernous (sphenoparietal) • inferior petrosal (basilar plexus) • intercavernous • superior petrosal • emissary
ophthalmic	superior ophthalmic • central retinal • nasofrontal • inferior ophthalmic • vorticose veins
internal auditory veins

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