tributary of tributary of Homo sapiens external jugular vein auricular vein posterior auricular vein http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Gray557.png MA:0002090 check placement of MA class The posterior auricular vein begins upon the side of the head, in a plexus which communicates with the tributaries of the occipital vein and superficial temporal veins. It descends behind the auricula, and joins the posterior division of the posterior facial vein to form the external jugular. It receive the stylomastoid vein, and some tributaries from the cranial surface of the auricula. EMAPA:37138 venae auricularis posterior FMA:50851 SCTID:150188002 NCIT:C33349 posterior auricular vein Wikipedia:Posterior_auricular_vein UMLS:C0226544 UBERON:0006199