See Also: anterior facial vein(medicine)
facial vein(medicine)
common facial vein(medicine)
deep facial vein(medicine)
posterior facial vein(medicine)
transverse facial vein(medicine)
anterior pontomesencephalic vein(medicine)
anterior jugular vein(medicine)
anterior auricular vein(medicine)
anterior vertebral vein(medicine)

Biko, Steve (oh) and anterior facial vein (medicine)


Biko, Steve (oh)



(1946-77) a black South African political leader who started the Black Consciousness Movement, an organization that fought against apartheid (=the system in which black people had no political rights, and black and white people had to live in different areas) . He died while being questioned by the police.

anterior facial vein (medicine)


anterior facial vein -->
facial vein
<anatomy, vein> A continuation of the angular vein at the medial angle of the eye. It passes diagonally downward and outward, joining with the retromandibular vein below the border of the lower jaw before emptying into the internal jugular vein.

Synonym: anterior facial vein, vena facialis anterior, vena facialis.