neck-vein

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• Vein — A blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood makes it appear dark. Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system… …   Medical dictionary

• Vein, external jugular — The more superficial of the two jugular veins situated on each side of the neck. The other is the internal jugular vein. They drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and convey it toward the heart. The external jugular vein collects most… …   Medical dictionary

• Vein, internal jugular — The deeper of the two jugular veins in the neck that drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and convey it toward the heart. The internal jugular vein collects blood from the brain, the outside of the face and the neck. It runs down the… …   Medical dictionary

• Vein, jugular — The jugular veins are in the neck and drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and convey it toward the heart. The external jugular vein collects most of the blood from the outside of the skull and the deep parts of the face. It lies… …   Medical dictionary

• Neck — For other uses, see Neck (disambiguation). Neck Human neck Latin collum Dorlands/Elsevier …   Wikipedia

• neck — 1. Part of body by which the head is connected to the trunk : it extends from the base of the cranium to the top of the shoulders. 2. In anatomy, any constricted portion having a fancied resemblance to the n. of an animal. 3. The germinative… …   Medical dictionary

• vein — noun 1) a vein in his neck pulsed Syn: blood vessel 2) the mineral veins in the rock Syn: layer, lode, seam, stratum, stratification, deposit, pipe 3) white marble with gray veins …   Thesaurus of popular words