external jugular vein in dogs

The external jugular vein receives the greater part of the blood from the exterior of the cranium and the deep parts of the face, being formed by the junction of the posterior division of the posterior facial with the posterior auricular vein. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the external jugular vein is

The external jugular vein receives the greater part of the blood from the exterior of the cranium and the deep parts of the face, being formed by the junction of the posterior division of the posterior facial with the posterior auricular vein. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a vein at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the external jugular vein is

It sits within the cardiovascular system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What the external jugular vein connects to

The atlas records 6 typed relationships for it, across 2 kinds of connection. a kind of jugular vein.

Supply and innervation

Venous drainage: subclavian vein, anterior jugular vein, auricular vein, posterior auricular vein and retromandibular vein.

Also called

Also recorded as external jugular venous tree, external jugular and vena jugularis externa. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001101, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the external jugular vein?

It sits within the cardiovascular system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What does the external jugular vein connect to?

A kind of: jugular vein.

Is the external jugular vein the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.