anterior jugular vein

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   arises below the chin from veins draining the lower face; joins the external jugular vein

   Broaderjugular vein

Questions about anterior jugular vein

What does anterior jugular vein mean?

anterior jugular vein means "arises below the chin from veins draining the lower face; joins the external jugular vein".

Is anterior jugular vein a common word?

anterior jugular vein is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.