What is "jugular vein"

Jugular \Ju"gu*lar\, n. [Cf. F. jugulaire. See Jugular, a.]

1. (Anat.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares).

n. (context anatomy English) Any of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood.

n. veins in the neck that return blood from the head [syn: vena jugularis, jugular]

The jugular veins are veins that bring deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava.