Jugular venous arch | |
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The veins of the neck, viewed from in front. (Jugular venous arch visible but not labeled.)
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Details | |
Source | anterior jugular vein |
Drains to | anterior jugular vein |
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Latin | arcus venosus jugularis |
Dorlands /Elsevier |
a_58/12150781 |
TA | A12.3.05.048 |
FMA | 50855 |
Anatomical terminology
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Just above the sternum the two anterior jugular veins communicate by a transverse trunk, the jugular venous arch (or venous jugular arch), which receive tributaries from the inferior thyroid veins; each also communicates with the internal jugular.
There are no valves in this vein.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)