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What vein is formed by the subclavian vein with the internal jugular vein?
brachiocephalic vein
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.)
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.
Venous drainage of head and neck?
Facial,occipital,superficial temporal,retromandibular,posterior auricular,internal jugular,external jugular veins
Where does the internal jugular vein get blood from?
The Brain
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.
Which vein is not an antecubital vein A the Femoral vein B the Internal Jugular Vein C the Inguinal vein?
The Superficial Vein is not an antecubital vein.
Which mammalian species has the largest internal jugular vein?
The Pig
The origins of the brachiocephalic veins of the cat with those of the human?
In the human, the brachiocephalic vein is formed by the union of the internal jugular and the subclavian vein on each side. In the cat, the brachiocephalic vein is formed by the union of the external jugular and the subclavian vein on each side.
