venous drainage of the head and neck

Question 1

most blood from the head and neck enters 3 pairs of veins

Answer 1

1. Internal jugular vein
2. external jugular vein
3. Vertebral veins

Question 2

Internal jugular vein receives blood from the

Answer 2

dural venous sinuses

Question 3

Question 4

Venous drainage of the brain/ central nervous system

Answer 4

• comes from many veins that drain into the dural venous sinuses

Question 5

Dural venous sinuses lie in

Answer 5

folds of dura mater

Question 6

All dural venous sinuses drain into

Answer 6

the internal jugular vein

Question 7

Dural venous sinuses don’t have

Answer 7

valves

Question 8

There are ___ venous sinuses in total

Answer 8

11

Question 9

Drains majority of the external face

Answer 9

External jugular vein

Question 10

-

Answer 10

• posterior auricular vein
• retromandibular vein

Question 11

The external jugular vein is formed by the union of
- posterior auricular vein
- retromandibular vein
WHERE?

Answer 11

• Posterior to the angle of the mandible
• inferior to the outer ear

Question 12

The external jugular vein descends down the neck

Answer 12

within the superficial fascia

Question 13

The external jugular vein runs

Answer 13

anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle

Question 14

In the root of the neck, the external jugular vein passes

Answer 14

underneath the clavicle and terminates by draining into the subclavian vein.

Question 15

Along its route, down the neck, the external jugular vein receives veins from the

Answer 15

posterior external jugular, the transverse cervical, as well as the suprascapular vein

Question 16