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marine

on Oct. 30, 2007

The jugular veins are veins that bring deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava.

In popular culture, the jugular is stereotypically what dogs and other animals are thought to go after with the intent of killing another animal, generally because of the awareness that it will incapacitate the opponent with little effort. In reality the injury that does this is to the carotid artery, as the flow from venial bleeding is easily stopped.