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present, spans the root of the nose and communicates with the angular
vein of the opposite side, the superior palpebral which is found on its
orbital side, the commencement of the ophthalmic vein with which pos-
FiG. 112.
Lmjual
Veins of the Head aud Neck.
teriorly it freely communicates, and anteriorly a few venules from the
nose.
The Frontal Vein is formed by the union of numerous small branches
situated over the greater ])art of the region of the frontal bone. It
communicates with small l)ranches from the temporal and supraorbital
veins, as well as with branches from the corresponding vein of the
opposite side. It passes downward beneath the proximal extremity of
