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]
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Moore NA and Roy W. Rapid Review: Gross Anatomy. Elsevier, 2010.
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