Jugular venous arch

Jugular venous arch
The veins of the neck, viewed from in front. (Jugular venous arch visible but not labeled.)
Details
Source	anterior jugular vein
Drains to	External jugular vein or Subclavian vein
Identifiers
Latin	arcus venosus jugularis
TA98	A12.3.05.048
TA2	4960
FMA	50855
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Just above the sternum the two anterior jugular veins communicate by a transverse trunk, the jugular venous arch (or venous jugular arch), which receive tributaries from the inferior thyroid veins; each also communicates with the internal jugular.

There are no valves in this vein.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 648 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Veins of the head and neck

External jugular

Retromandibular	maxillary pterygoid plexus superficial temporal anterior auricular
Direct	posterior auricular transverse cervical suprascapular anterior jugular jugular venous arch

Internal jugular

Diploic/brain

Cerebral

Superficial:	superior superficial middle inferior inferior anastomotic (Labbé) superior anastomotic (Trolard)
Deep:	great internal basal deep middle superior thalamostriate choroid septal

Cerebellar

Sinuses

To COS	superior sagittal straight inferior sagittal occipital
To CS	sphenoparietal intercavernous superior ophthalmic ethmoidal central retinal nasofrontal vorticose veins inferior ophthalmic
To IJV	sigmoid: transverse petrosquamous superior petrosal inferior petrosal basilar plexus internal auditory veins condylar