external jugular vein

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   formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins; empties into the subclavian vein

   Broaderjugular vein

Questions about external jugular vein

What does external jugular vein mean?

external jugular vein means "formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins; empties into the subclavian vein".

Is external jugular vein a common word?

external 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.