The neck, or jugular, veins consist of external and internal veins. These veins receive blood from the brain, face, and neck and drain into the brachiocephalic veins ( Figure 1 ). Figure 1 ...

There's an internal and an external jugular vein on each side of the neck. ... The left vein is usually smaller than the one on the right, but both possess valves that help transport blood.

Venous Examinations Jugular Vein. Always examine the patient's neck from the right side; this approach provides a more accurate determination of venous waves than from the left because it is a ...

An obstructive jugular-vein thrombosis developed in an astronaut 2 months into a 6-month space mission, a clinical scenario with no evidence base to support the choice of a management approach.

A 25 year-old woman presented with headaches. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis. Magnetic Resonance Venogram (MRV). Note the absence of the left sigmoid sinus, as well as the complete absence of the left ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of external jugular vein catheterization through an ear vein in piglets. Forty-six sevoflurane-midazolam anaesthetized piglets were ...