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What do you call the big vein on the side of your neck that is connected to your heart?
AnswerIt's called the carotid vein. Veins carry blood towards the heart and arteries carry it away. The vein that carries deoxygenated blood to the heart from the upper body is called the superior vena cava and the vein that carries blood from the head to that vein through the neck is the jugular vein.
Function of jugular vein?
The jugular veins are blood vessels which carry deoxygenated blood from the brain back toward the heart. The jugular veins are divided into external and internal sets.
Where would you find the jugular vein?
The jugular veins are found in your neck, they carry deoxygenated blood from the head to the heart.
A vein that returns blood from the head is the?
There are two sets of veins: the external and internal jugular veins that bring deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava. There is also another, minor, jugular vein, the anterior jugular vein, draining the submaxillary region.
What blood vessels drains blood from the head region back to the heart?
The Jugular Vein
Vein That Carries Blood from the Head backTo Heart?
Jugular vein
Blood from the face and scalp is drained by the what?
The blood from the face and scalp is drained by the external jugular vein. This vein is responsible for carrying deoxygenated blood back to the heart from the head, face, and neck areas.
How does blood from the face get back to the heart?
It travels through the Jugular Vein into the Superior Vena Cava down the neck and into the heart.
Which vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the brain back to the right side of the heart?
The vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the brain back to the right side of the heart is the jugular vein. Specifically, the internal jugular vein collects blood from the brain and neck and drains it into the brachiocephalic vein, which then empties into the superior vena cava. This blood ultimately returns to the right atrium of the heart.
What direction vein carry?
Veins carry blood back to the heart.
Is the jugular a lymph node on the neck?
No. It is a vein. A very large one that carries blood back to your heart to become oxygenated.
What vein from the brain returns to the heart?
Blood from the brain returns through the superior vena cava to the right atrium of the heart.For further clarification go to blood-circulationfor a diagram. It's about half way down the page.
