Dorsal lingual veins

Dorsal lingual veins
Dorsal lingual veins
	Veins of the tongue. The hypoglossal nerve has been displaced downward in this preparation.
Details
Drains to	Lingual vein
Artery	Dorsal lingual branches of lingual artery
Identifiers
Latin	venae dorsales linguae
TA98	A12.3.05.010
TA2	4808
FMA	70842
	Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata]

Last updated July 18, 2025

The dorsal lingual veins are some of the lingual veins. They provide venous drainage to the dorsum of the tongue, and the sides of the tongue. Between the hyoglossus and genioglossus, dorsal lingual veins unite with those lingual veins that are venae comitantes of the lingual artery; these consolidated lingual veins then empty into the internal jugular vein proximal to the greater cornu of hyoid bone.^[1]

References

↑ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. pp. 592–593. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[:224-1] Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. pp. 592–593. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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