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If the arteries have pressure and veins do not, then why is the [jugular] seen as the deadly vein?

okay, so i may seem kind of ignorant here... but for some reason it isn't making sense in my brain. 
If the arteries have high pressure and the veins just have the check valves in them, wouldn't that mean it'd be "more deadly" to cut the left or right subclavian or brachiocephalic instead of the jugular vein? 
I feel like you hear about people whenever they have their neck cut (eg. hockey player took a skate to the jugular vein) it's always the jugular.. 
sorry this question doesn't make much sense.
gpt
Cutting arteries is generally more dangerous than cutting a vein, your thoughts on the subject are correct. Out of the veins to *not* cut, though, the jugular(s) are pretty high on the list, since they involve the trafficking of blood back to the heart from the head (your brain using a considerable amount of blood).

The jugular veins might be relatively easier to access than some other veins (and pretty much all arteries), which might be why you hear about them more often.