Venous drainage from the developing human base of mandible including Meckel’s cartilage: the so-called Serres’ vein revisited

摘要

Purpose The present study describes the venous drainage, especially, that via the so-called Serres’ vein, from border areas between two different types of ossifications: the endochondral ossification of Meckel’s cartilage in close topographical relation with the membranous ossification of the mandible.