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Yes, it is. JVD is associated with right heart failure, which occurs in some patients with COPD. This happens because a lack of oxygen (which COPD patients suffer from) can cause pulmonary hypertension.
This causes blood flow through the lungs to get backed up and allows blood to build up in the right heart.
This causes the right part of the heart to have to work extra hard and when it works too hard it can get really tired and actually fail.
When that happens, the blood that it supposed to enter into the right side of the heart gets backed up and it goes back into the superior and inferior vena cava--which go to the brain (through the neck) and through the rest of the body (which is why they also have swelling in their feet/ankles/hands, etc.)
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What is the name of the vein in the neck bringing blood from?
Jugular vein
What is the vein that drains the brain?
internal jugular!
How long is the jugular vein?
The external jugular vein can be around 5-20 cm long, varying from person to person. The internal jugular vein is typically longer than the external jugular vein.
Is there a multiple choise question for jugular vein?
Which of the following is a jugular vein? 1. The knee cap 2. The jugular vein 3. The hair 4. Left arm
What vein does the external jugular vein drain into?
subclavian vein
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.
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.)
Jugular vein distention is associated with?
right-sided heart failure, when the right ventricle is hypertrophied or dilated which is secondary to pulmonary hypertension (usu. d/t pulmonary embolism in acute cor pulmonale, but d/t COPD in chronic cor pulmonale)
What causes blockage to the jugular vein?
Is it harmful if I have blockage in the jugular veins
What is a sentence for jugular?
When the bear attacked the man he went for his 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.....
