- 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...
- Due to the
large volumes of
blood that flow
through the
jugular veins,
damage to the
jugulars can
quickly cause significant blood loss,
which can lead...
- The
jugular venous pressure (JVP,
sometimes referred to as
jugular venous pulse) is the
indirectly observed pressure over the
venous system via visualization...
- 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...
-
occipital bone. The
jugular process is
excavated in
front by the
jugular notch of
occipital bone (which
forms the
posterior part of the
jugular foramen). The...
- 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
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...
-
Jugular vein
ectasia is a
venous anomaly that
commonly presents itself as a
unilateral neck
swelling in
children and adults. It is rare to have bilateral...
- 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
sternum the two
anterior jugular veins communicate by a
transverse trunk, the
jugular venous arch (or
venous jugular arch),
which receive tributaries...
