Cerebral veins
Cerebral veins | |
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Sagittal section of the skull, showing the sinuses of the dura. (Cerebral veins labeled at center left.) | |
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Artery | cerebral arteries |
Identifiers | |
Latin | Venae encephali, venae cerebri |
TA | A12.3.06.001 |
FMA | 70861 |
The cerebral veins are divisible into external and internal (internal cerebral veins) groups according to the outer surfaces or the inner parts of the hemispheres they drain into.
The external veins are the superior cerebral veins, inferior cerebral veins, and middle cerebral vein.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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