| 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 |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | arcus venosus jugularis |
| Dorlands /Elsevier |
a_58/12150781 |
| TA | A12.3.05.048 |
| FMA | 50855 |
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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)