The jugular veins are veins that bring deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava. ==Structure== There are two sets of jugular veins: external and internal The left and right external jugular veins drain into the subclavian veins. The internal jugular veins join with the subclavian veins more medially to form the...
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(from the article `circulation`) ...cardinal vein on each side, often called the duct of Cuvier, which carries blood ventrally into the sinus venosus. Various other veins join the ... ...between the two layers of the dura mater, the outer covering of the brain; they possess no valves. Venous drainage of the brain is effected by ... [...
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One of three veins on each side of the neck that return deoxygenated blood from the head to the heart. Of the three (internal, external, and anterior) by far the largest is the internal jugular, which corresponds to the common and internal portions of the carotid artery. It leaves the base of the sk...
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The chief vein of the head and neck which carries blood from the head to the heart.
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Jugular vein: The jugular veins are in the neck and drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and convey it toward the heart. The external jugular vein collects most of the blood from the outside of the skull and the deep parts of the face. It lies outside the sternocleidomastoid muscle, passes down the neck and joins the subclavian vein. The...
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The jugular veins lie deep inside the neck. They receive the blood from the brain, face and neck and return it to the heart. The external jugular vein is larger than the other veins in the neck, sometimes double their size. It has two pairs of valves to assist in transporting blood. The first pair is placed at the entrance to the subclavian vein an...
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Vein returning blood from the head to the heart.
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n] - veins in the neck that return blood from the head
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the main vein in the neck draining blood from the brain
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vena jugularis noun veins in the neck that return blood from the head
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One of two veins in the necks of vertebrates; they return blood from the head to the superior (or anterior) vena cava and thence to the heart
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