Tags: Anatomical Structure, Vein.
The occipital vein begins as a plexus at the posterior aspect of the scalp from the external occipital protuberance and superior nuchal line to the back part of the vertex of the skull.From the plexus emerges a single vessel which pierces the cranial attachment of the Trapezius and dipping into the venous plexus of the suboccipital triangle joins the deep cervical and vertebral veins.
