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Excerpt from The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences, Vol. 4: Based on Mayne's Lexicon <p>L. Veins, dor'sal. (l. Dorsum, the back.) Two veins which proceed from a submucous plexus on the hinder part of the dorsum of the tongue; they open by means of a common trunk or separately into the common facial vein or the internal jugular vein. <p>L. Veins, prop'er. The small venae comites of the lingual artery, one lying above it the other below; they anastomose freely with each other and open into the internal jugular vein. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.