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Middle cerebral vein
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| Vein: Middle cerebral vein | ||
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| Latin | v. cerebri media | |
| Gray's | subject #170 652 | |
| Artery | middle cerebral artery | |
The middle cerebral vein (superficial Sylvian vein) begins on the lateral surface of the hemisphere, and, running along the lateral cerebral fissure, ends in the cavernous or the sphenoparietal sinus.
It is connected:
- (a) with the superior sagittal sinus by the great anastomotic vein of Trolard, which opens into one of the superior cerebral veins;
- (b) with the transverse sinus by the posterior anastomotic vein of Labbé, which courses over the temporal lobe.
- Dorlands/Elsevier v_05/12850924 - "superficial middle cerebral vein"
- Dorlands/Elsevier v_05/12850917 - "deep middle cerebral vein"
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.
| Veins of head and neck |
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| exterior of the head and face: frontal - supraorbital - angular - facial - common facial (superior labial, inferior labial) - deep facial - superficial temporal - retromandibular - pterygoid - internal maxillary - posterior auricular - occipital
veins of the neck: jugular vein (external, anterior, internal, arch) - inferior petrosal sinus - lingual - pharyngeal - superior thyroid - middle thyroid - vertebral - deep cervical diploic/veins of the brain: cerebral - superior cerebral - middle cerebral - inferior cerebral - basal - internal cerebral - great cerebral - superior cerebellar - inferior cerebellar sinuses of the dura mater: superior sagittal - inferior sagittal - straight - transverse - sigmoid - petrosquamous - occipital - confluence - cavernous - sphenoparietal ophthalmic: vorticose veins - superior ophthalmic - nasofrontal - inferior ophthalmic - intercavernous sinuses - superior petrosal sinus - basilar - emissary |
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