Cerebral veins

Cerebral veins
	Sagittal section of the skull, showing the sinuses of the dura. (Cerebral veins labeled at center left.)
Details
Artery	cerebral arteries
Identifiers
Latin	Venae encephali, venae cerebri
MeSH	D002550
TA	A12.3.06.001
FMA	70861
	Anatomical terminology

The cerebral veins are divisible into external (superficial cerebral veins) and internal (internal cerebral veins) groups according to the outer surfaces or the inner parts of the hemispheres they drain into.

3D model of Cerebral veins

The external veins are the superior cerebral veins, inferior cerebral veins, and superficial middle veins.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 652 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

"Model of the Human Cerebral Veins", at anatomie.uni-tuebingen.de

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.