jugular vein

British  

noun

1. 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 /

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

Parkhurst put a tiny tube through an incision into the patient’s jugular vein in his neck and slowly advanced it down past the heart into the vena cava where the filter was located.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 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