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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.

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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.


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.


What is the vein that drains the area supplied by the carotid artery?

jugular veins...internal and external


Which three pairs of veins drain the majority of blood from the head and neck?

1) internal jugular 2) external jugular 3) vertebral vein


Venous drainage of head and neck?

Facial,occipital,superficial temporal,retromandibular,posterior auricular,internal jugular,external jugular veins


What structures are found within the carotid sheath?

The internal jugular vein The carotid arteries (common and internal) The vagus nerve


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.


Is the external jugular vein superficial to the sternocleidomastoid muscle?

Yes, it is. The external jugular passes over (superficially) to the sternocleidomastoid.


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 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.....