The occipital vein joins in the formation of the plexus deep to the musculature of the back and from here drains into the external jugular vein.
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The " occipital ", the largest of the four, which is confined to the occipital bone, and opens either externally into the occipital vein, or internally into the transverse sinus or into the confluence of the sinuses ( torcular Herophili ).
परिभाषा
a vein that drains the occipital region पर्याय: vena occipitalis,