FACIAL VEIN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of several veins draining the face

Synonyms:

facial vein; vena facialis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("facial vein" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "facial vein"):

anterior facial vein; vena facialis anterior (a continuation of the angular vein; unites with the retromandibular vein before emptying into the internal jugular vein)

posterior facial vein; retromandibular vein; vena retromandibularis (posterior branch of the facial vein; formed by temporal veins in front of the ear)

Holonyms ("facial vein" is a part of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)