The retromandibular vein is a branch of the jugular veins. The jugular veins go up the neck and join with the facial vein, which drain blood from the face and return it to the heart for oxygenation.

Jugular vein aneurysm is a rare morphologic entity. This report describes a case of an asymptomatic internal jugular vein aneurysm that presented as an enlarging mass in the neck. Diagnosis was ...

The human body is an amazing thing. For each one of us, it's the most intimate object we know. And yet most of us don't know enough about it: its features, functions, quirks, and mysteries. Our series ...

Papilloedema is often the presenting feature of serious intracranial pathology. Commoner causes include space occupying lesions and benign intracranial hypertension. Impaired cerebral venous drainage ...

Approximately 2 months into an International Space Station mission, obstructive left internal jugular venous thrombosis was suspected in an astronaut during an ultrasound examination that was ...

The independent prognostic value of elevated jugular venous pressure or a third heart sound in patients with heart failure is not well established. In patients with heart failure, elevated jugular ...

8 College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Background Historical approaches to protect the brain from outside the skull (eg, helmets and mouthpieces) have been ineffective ...