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What is the vein that drains the brain?
internal jugular!
Through what structure does the internal jugular vein exit the skull?
The internal jugular vein is formed from the sigmoid sinus (after receiving the lesser petrosal sinus) just after passing through the jugular foramen to become the internal jugular vein.
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.)
What is the name of the vein in the neck bringing blood from?
Jugular vein
What is the Superior bulb of the internal jugular vein?
A dilatation in the upper part of the internal jugular vein near it's origin and lies in the jugular fossa in the base of the skull.....
What are vessels involved in the circulatory pathway to and from the brain?
The jugular veins carry blood from the brain. The carotid arteries carry blood to the brain.
Which three pairs of veins drain the majority of blood from the head and neck?
1) internal jugular 2) external jugular 3) vertebral vein
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 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.
What vein is formed by the subclavian vein with the internal jugular vein?
brachiocephalic vein
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.
