Lingual veins
Veins of the tongue. (Lingual vein labeled at left.)
Details
Drains from	Tongue
Drains to	Internal jugular vein
Artery	Lingual artery
Identifiers
Latin	Vena lingualis
TA98	A12.3.05.009
TA2	4807
FMA	14326
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The lingual veins are multiple veins of the tongue with two distinct courses: one group drains into the lingual artery; another group drains either into the lingual artery, (common) facial vein, or internal jugular vein.^[1]

Clinical significance

The lingual veins are important clinically as they are capable of rapid absorption of drugs; for this reason, nitroglycerin is given under the tongue to patients suspected of having angina pectoris.^{[citation needed]}