- The
jugular veins (Latin:
Venae iugulares) are
veins that take
blood from the head back to the
heart via the
superior vena cava. The
internal jugular vein...
- The
jugular venous pressure (JVP,
sometimes referred to as
jugular venous pulse) is the
indirectly observed pressure over the
venous system via visualization...
- The
internal jugular vein is a
paired jugular vein that
collects blood from the
brain and the
superficial parts of the face and neck. This vein runs in...
- A
jugular foramen is one of the two (left and right)
large foramina (openings) in the base of the skull,
located behind the
carotid canal. It is formed...
- The
external jugular vein is a
paired jugular vein
which receives the
greater part of the
blood from the
exterior of the
cranium and the deep
parts of...
- The
jugular fossa is a deep
depression (fossa) in the
inferior part of the
temporal bone at the base of the skull. It
lodges the bulb of the internal...
- access.
These catheters are
commonly placed in
veins in the neck (internal
jugular vein),
chest (subclavian vein or
axillary vein),
groin (femoral vein),...
- The
suprasternal notch, also
known as the
fossa jugularis sternalis,
jugular notch, or
Plender gap, is a large,
visible dip in
between the neck in humans...
- The
anterior jugular vein is a vein in the neck. The
anterior jugular vein lies
lateral to the
cricothyroid membrane. It
begins near the
hyoid bone by...
-
veins in the
upper chest,
formed by the
union of the
ipsilateral internal jugular vein and
subclavian vein (the so-called
venous angle)
behind the sternoclavicular...
