part of part of connected to connected to Homo sapiens system internal jugular vein vein lingual vein http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Gray559.png UBERON:0006634 Wikipedia:Lingual_veins deep lingual veins vena lingualis Vein which collects blood from the tongue and drains into the external jugular vein.[AAO] The lingual veins begin on the dorsum, sides, and under surface of the tongue, and, passing backward along the course of the lingual artery, end in the internal jugular vein. The vena comitans of the hypoglossal nerve (ranine vein), a branch of considerable size, begins below the tip of the tongue, and may join the lingual; generally, however, it passes backward on the Hyoglossus, and joins the common facial. lingual vein AAO:0010514 ranine SCTID:181375007 ranine vein FMA:14326 EMAPA:19312