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Definition of Jugular vein
1. Noun. Veins in the neck that return blood from the head.
Specialized synonyms: Anterior Jugular Vein, External Jugular Vein, Internal Jugular Vein
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel
Group relationships: Cervix, Neck
Derivative terms: Jugular
Definition of Jugular vein
1. Noun. (anatomy) Any of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jugular Vein
Literary usage of Jugular vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The Posterior External jugular vein commences in the occipital region, and returns
the ... The Anterior jugular vein commences near the hyoid bone from the ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Yet this, like the healing which has followed the simple ligation of the jugular
vein, is a pure accident. In parietal thrombosis of the. bulb, ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Venesection used formerly to be performed on the external jugular vein, ...
The posterior external jugular vein (r. jugularis posterior) begins in the ..."
4. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The facial vein occasionally passes backwards over the sterno-mastoid muscle and
joins the external jugular vein ; or it may be continued downwards, ..."
5. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"When they are double they have this course; the anterior and external jugular
vein may be said to begin from the anterior facial vein ; it then receives the ..."
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