Deep lingual vein

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| Name = Deep lingual vein

| Latin = vena profunda linguae

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| Caption = Veins of the tongue. The hypoglossal nerve has been displaced downward in this preparation.

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| DrainsTo = Lingual vein

| Artery = Deep lingual artery

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The deep lingual vein is one of the lingual veins. It commences near the apex of the tongue. It passes posterior-ward close to the inferior surface of the tongue. It terminates near the anterior border of the hyoglossus muscle by uniting with the sublingual vein to form the vena comitans of the hypoglossal nerve (ranine vein{{Cite book |last=Gray |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/anatomyofhumanbo1918gray/page/648/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Gray's Anatomy |year=1918 |edition=20th |pages=648}}); this vein then passes posterior-ward alongside the nerve to empty into either a lingual vein, the (common) facial vein, or the internal jugular vein.{{Cite book |last=Standring |first=Susan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1201341621 |title=Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-7020-7707-4 |edition=42th |location=New York |pages=592–593 |oclc=1201341621}}