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anterior jugular vein

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anterior jugular vein
n.
A vein that arises below the chin from the veins draining the chin and lower lip, passes down the front of the neck superficially, and terminates in the external jugular vein at the lateral border of the anterior scalene muscle.


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Computed tomography (CT) of the neck detected a thrombosis of the right anterior jugular vein that extended from the level of the hyoid to the supraclavicular area (figure, A).
Lemierre's syndrome by Palacios, Enrique / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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