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What is the function of the external and internal jugular veins?
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the jugulars carry blood from the head and neck to the heart. Internal refers to the location in which it sits in relation to the other jugular veins
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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 vein that drains the area supplied by the carotid artery?
jugular veins...internal and external
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.
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.
Venous drainage of head and neck?
Facial,occipital,superficial temporal,retromandibular,posterior auricular,internal jugular,external jugular veins
Which three pairs of veins drain the majority of blood from the head and neck?
1) internal jugular 2) external jugular 3) vertebral vein
Name the major veins that empty into the innominate veins?
internal jugular and subclavian veins
Is it possible to pop a vein?
Penetrating injuries to the neck can damage the jugular vein. Sometimes it also get damaged with bleeding during Central venous line, a procedure which involves cannulation of the neck veins for feeding or monitoring.
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.
Locate the veins that join to form the anterior vena cava?
internal thoracic R/L, subclavian R/L, brachiocephalic R/L, external jugular R/L, internal jugular R/L, axilary R/L
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 area do the right and left external jugular veins drain?
posterior head (musculature and skin of the scalp and face)
