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The internal jugular vein is a paired jugular vein that collects blood from the brain and the superficial parts of the face and neck. This vein runs in the carotid sheath with the common carotid artery and vagus nerve. It begins in the posterior compartment of the jugular foramen, at the base of the skull.
The left and right external jugular veins drain into the subclavian veins. The internal jugular veins join with the subclavian veins more medially to form the brachiocephalic veins. Finally, the left and right brachiocephalic veins join to form the superior vena cava, which delivers deoxygenated blood to the right atrium of the heart. [2]
Lateral to the artery, inside the carotid sheath with the common carotid, are the internal jugular vein and vagus nerve. At the lower part of the neck, on the right side of the body, the right recurrent laryngeal nerve crosses obliquely behind the artery; the right internal jugular vein diverges from the artery. On the left side, however, the ...
The carotid sheath is a condensation of the deep cervical fascia [1]: 578 enveloping multiple vital neurovascular structures of the neck, [2] including the common and internal carotid arteries, the internal jugular vein, the vagus nerve (CN X), and ansa cervicalis. [1]: 578 [2] The carotid sheath helps protects the structures contained therein. [2]
internal carotid artery: internal carotid plexus, sympathetics from the superior cervical ganglion: temporal: posterior cranial fossa: internal acoustic meatus: 2: labyrinthine artery: facial nerve (VII), vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII) temporal: posterior cranial fossa: jugular foramen: 2: internal jugular vein, inferior petrosal sinus, sigmoid ...
Part of a series of lists about: ... A list of veins in the human body: Veins of the heart. ... Supreme intercostal vein; Internal jugular vein. Lingual vein.
The right brachiocephalic vein is about 2.5cm long. [3] The right vein is formed by the confluence of the right subclavian vein and the right internal jugular vein. It receives the following tributaries: The right vertebral vein, the internal thoracic vein, and the thyroid veins, and occasionally from the first right posterior intercostal veins ...
The small veins merge to feed as tributaries into medium-sized veins. The medium veins feed into the large veins which include the internal jugular, and renal veins, and the venae cavae that carry the blood directly into the heart. [13] The venae cavae enter the right atrium of the heart from above and below.