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Which three pairs of veins drain the majority of blood from the head and neck?
1) internal jugular 2) external jugular 3) vertebral vein
What is the function of the jugular veins?
To drain blood from the cranium into the subclavian veins into the superior vena cava into the right atrium of the heart.
What is the function of the external and internal jugular veins?
the jugulars carry blood from the head and neck to the heart. Internal refers to the location in which it sits in relation to the other jugular veins
How do the relative size of the external and internal jugular veins differ in humans and the cat?
In humans there is one external and one internal jugular vein. The internal jugular vein is much larger (about twice the diameter) of the external jugular. In the cat there are a pair of each vein but the external jugular vein is about twce as large as the internal. (Opposite of humans.)
Venous drainage of head and neck?
Facial,occipital,superficial temporal,retromandibular,posterior auricular,internal jugular,external jugular veins
Does oxgyen rech the brain through the internal jagular vein?
No, the jugular veins drain deoxygenated blood from the head. The internal and external carotid arteries carry blood to the brain.
What is the vein that drains the area supplied by the carotid artery?
jugular veins...internal and external
Compare the relative sizes of the external and internal jugular veins of the fetal pig with those of the human.?
The relative sizes of the external and internal jugular veins of a fetal pig and a fetal human are relatively the same size. This finding is similar in all mammals.
Compare the relative sizes of the external and internal jugular veins of the fetal pig with those of the human?
The relative sizes of the external and internal jugular veins of a fetal pig and a fetal human are relatively the same size. This finding is similar in all mammals.
What veins drain blood from the brain?
The Internal Jugular drains the brain via the collection of blood from the superior sagittal sinus, inferior sagittal sinus, straight sinus, right transverse sinus, sigmoid sinus, and cavernous sinus (to name a few).....The other jugular....The External Jugular drains the occipital, facial (also drained by internal jugular), maxillary, and temporal veins.
What is jugular artery?
No such thing. The jugular veins drain blood from your head back to your heart. The carotid arteries take blood from your heart to your head.
Locate the veins that join to form the anterior vena cava?
internal thoracic R/L, subclavian R/L, brachiocephalic R/L, external jugular R/L, internal jugular R/L, axilary R/L
