The internal jugular vein is a pair of veins that bring blood from the brain, the top layers of the face, and the neck to the right atrium. The sigmoid sinus drains into the internal jugular vein.
How To Remember The Internal Jugular Vein: Tributaries?
Internal Jugular Vein: Tributaries
- Sternocleidomastoid vein
- Middle thyroid vein
- Vein of the cochlear duct
- Common facial vein
- Lingual vein
- Inferior petrosal sinus
- Pharyngeal venous plexus
- Superior thyroid vein
- Meningeal veins
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