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No such thing. The jugular veins drain blood from your head back to your heart. The carotid arteries take blood from your heart to your head.

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To transport blood

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What is the name of the bodies largest artery called?

The Jugular Artery


Is the jugular a vein or artery?

It's a vein. The artery going to your head is the carotid artery.


What artery is on each side of the neck?

jugular vein


How many jugular veins are there?

2. the carotid artery and the jugular veins; they are located on opposite sides of the neck.


What are vessels involved in the circulatory pathway to and from the brain?

The jugular veins carry blood from the brain. The carotid arteries carry blood to the brain.


What is the artery in the heart taking blood to the neck called?

the juggular vain


What two vessels does Blood from the common carotid artery next travels to?

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What happens if jugular is ripped during surgery to cartoid artery as happened to me?

You die.


What is the name of the artery on your neck that you can use to detect your pulse?

They are the two jugular veins.


What structures are found within the carotid sheath?

The internal jugular vein The carotid arteries (common and internal) The vagus nerve


What is the name of the artery that serves the face or neck?

Jugular Vein.The above is nearly correct but actually reversed in actual function. The aorta is the artery that supplies the entire body with blood, except for the lungs which are supplied by the pulmonary artery. The jugular vein returns blood from the face and neck areas.


What is the vein that drains the area supplied by the carotid artery?

jugular veins...internal and external