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Jugular vein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (896 words) |
 | The internal jugular vein is formed by the anastomosis of blood from the sigmoid sinus of the dura mater and the common facial vein. |
| It commences in the substance of the parotid gland, on a level with the angle of the mandible, and runs perpendicularly down the neck, in the direction of a line drawn from the angle of the mandible to the middle of the clavicle at the posterior border of the Sternocleidomastoideus. |
| This vein receives the occipital occasionally, the posterior external jugular, and, near its termination, the transverse cervical, transverse scapular, and anterior jugular veins; in the substance of the parotid, a large branch of communication from the internal jugular joins it. |
| PHLEBECTASIA OF THE INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN (1234 words) |
| Jugular vein ectasia is a rare benign dilatation of the jugular veins. |
| Under appropriate anaesthesia the whole of the ectatic jugular vein is dissected out of the carotid sheath from its origin at the base of the skull to the point where it goes retrosternal. |
| Jugular vein phlebectasia is a benign condition seen in children and young adults, which is not known to cause any complications. |
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