Angular vein

The angular vein is a blood vessel of the head. It is a branch of the facial vein ( facial vein ). The angular vein runs in the nose-lateral canthus, the lateral homonymous artery and can shine through the skin in thin-skinned people.

Clinical significance of the blood vessel in the development of sinus thrombosis as a connection to the superior ophthalmic vein is. In surgery on the eyelid, it must be stressed because their violation leads to difficult insatiable bleeding.