jugular
Major neck vessel
The jugular veins are the large blood vessels in the neck that return blood from the head to the heart.
Because they're vital and exposed, go for the jugular means to attack someone's most vulnerable point—to fight ruthlessly for the kill.
As an adjective, jugular describes anything relating to the throat or neck.
Major neck artery
artery · blood vessel · sternocleidomastoid · clavicle · trachea · larynx · pharynx · esophagus
Essential or sustaining existence
- crucialOf supreme importance
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- keyLock-opening device
- lifelineEssential connection to safety
pivotal · core · central · fundamental · strategic · make-or-break · high-stakes · do-or-die
Out in open
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
soft spot · target · assailable · open · accessible · undefended · endangered · precarious
Lacking any compassion
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- cutthroatViciously competitive or murderous
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- killer instinctMerciless competitive determination
strike · lunge · bite · vampiric · predator · savage · merciless · fatal strike
Of certain blood vessels
- catheterInserted medical drainage tube
- central lineIV catheter to major vein
- cannulationInserting tube into body
- phlebotomyExtracting blood medically
intravenous · blood draw · drainage · distension · pressure · pulsation · bulb · thrombosis
carotid
Major neck artery
vein · artery · blood vessel · sternocleidomastoid · clavicle · trachea · larynx · pharynx · esophagus · thyroid
vital
Essential or sustaining existence
lifeline · pivotal · core · central · fundamental · strategic · make-or-break · high-stakes · do-or-die · decisive
exposed
Out in open
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- weaknessDeficiency in force
susceptible · soft spot · target · assailable · open · accessible · undefended · endangered · precarious · at risk
ruthless
Lacking any compassion
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- cutthroatViciously competitive or murderous
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
killer instinct · strike · lunge · bite · vampiric · predator · savage · merciless · fatal strike · no mercy
venous
Of certain blood vessels
- catheterInserted medical drainage tube
- central lineIV catheter to major vein
- cannulationInserting tube into body
phlebotomy · intravenous · blood draw · drainage · distension · pressure · pulsation · bulb · thrombosis · ligation
- veinsvein, saphenous vein, portal vein, pulmonary vein, vena cava
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, blood, artery, veins, capillary
- Neckneck, throat, Adam's apple, larynx, trachea
- Pressure Pointssolar plexus, groin, throat, temple, jaw
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
- bloodblood, plasma, platelet, platelets, red blood cell
jugularcarotid artery
Main neck blood vessel
carotid · artery · aorta · coronary artery · arterial
jugularkid gloves
Fine leather handwear
soft touch · indirect approach · restraint · diplomacy · tact
- go for the jugularExploit maximum vulnerability
- going for the jugularAttacking most vulnerable point
- jugular veinNeck's primary blood channel
- goes for the jugularStrikes at weakness mercilessly
- went for the jugularAttacked most vulnerably
- gone for the jugularSought to destroy completely