Medical

vena comitans of hypoglossal nerve

[TA]

runs with the hypoglossal nerve inferolateral to the hyoglossus muscle, usually emptying into the lingual vein.

Synonym(s): vena comitans nervi hypoglossi [TA], accompanying vein of hypoglossal nerve

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