submental vein

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A vein that is situated below the chin, anastomoses with the sublingual vein, connects with the anterior jugular vein, and empties into the facial vein.

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Words nearby submental vein

submaxillary gland, submaxillary triangle, submediant, submental, submental artery, submental vein, submerge, submerged, submerged arc welding, submergible, submerse

How to use submental vein in a sentence

“There is such a vein of intelligence and deeply steeped expertise among them,” he says.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whenever I look for a vein of sadness in Oliona it melts away.
Russia’s Gold Digger Academy|Peter Pomerantsev|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the decade following World War I, Hopper settled on a vein of imagery that has been his special glory ever since.
The Stacks: Edward Hopper’s X-Ray Vision|Hilton Kramer|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So in the vein of March Madness, here are my picks for the Final Four of the 2014 GOP championship of crazy.
How Long Can the Republicans Hide The Crazy?|Dean Obeidallah|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In that vein, Burns and Ward stress how TR, ER, and FDR “overcame … the traumas of their childhoods” and young adult lives.
Ken Burns’s ‘Roosevelts’ Fine But Flawed|Harvey J. Kaye|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Through it runs a vein about one vara wide, extending east and west for some distance.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
A vein of shrewd and humorous sarcasm, together with an under-current of quiet selfishness, made him a very pleasant companion. '
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The length of the fibre, moreover, cannot be determined with any absolute certainty from the thickness of the vein.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
We have likewise found a vein of plumbago, which was an object of search, on the supposition that it was coal.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The specimen of this breccia is attached to a plate of granular quartz, and may possibly have been part of a vein.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King