Jugular

(joo gū-lar.) [From L.jugulum, the throat.] (Anat.) That which belongs to the throat, neck, or collar-bone; particularly, the two veins so called, the external and internal, which serve as canals for the pa age of the blood from the head to the neck, and connect with the subclavian veins to form the vena cava. [s. 509]