jugular vein

British

noun

any of three large veins of the neck that return blood to the heart from the head and face

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jugular vein Scientific

/ jŭg′yə-lər /

Either of the two large veins on either side of the neck in mammals that drain blood from the head and return it to the heart.

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jugular vein

Rather than requiring open brain surgery, it is installed into a person's jugular vein in their neck, then moved up to their brain through a blood vessel.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025

It is a four-centimeter, self-expanding tubular lattice of electrodes, which is inserted into one of the brain’s major blood vessels via the jugular vein.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2022

Fitted in a day in an outpatient setting, this device is threaded through the jugular vein to a vein on top of the motor cortex.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 22, 2022

The band places about 1.2 pounds of pressure onto the wearer’s internal jugular vein, which carries oxygen-free blood from the brain back to the heart.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021

Just over the external jugular vein there were two punctures, not large, but not wholesome-looking.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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