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Blood vessels
Superior cerebral veins
Various cerebral veins visible.
Outer surface of cerebral hemisphere, showing areas supplied by cerebral arteries. (Superior cerebral veins not labeled, but region drained is roughly equivalent to blue region.)
Details
Drains toSuperior sagittal sinus
ArteryCerebral arteries
Identifiers
Latinvenae cerebri superiores
TA98A12.3.06.003
TA24903
FMA70863
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The superior cerebral veins are several cerebral veins that drain the superolateral and superomedial surfaces of the cerebral hemispheres into the superior sagittal sinus. There are 8-12 cerebral veins. They are predominantly found in the sulci between the gyri, but can also be found running across the gyri.

Anatomy

Fate

The superior cerebral veins drain into the superior sagittal sinus individually. The anterior veins run at near right angles to the sinus while the posterior and larger veins are directed at oblique angles, opening into the sinus in a direction opposed to the current (anterior to posterior) of the blood contained within it.

Additional images

  • Meninges and superficial cerebral veins. Deep dissection. Superior view. Meninges and superficial cerebral veins. Deep dissection. Superior view.

References

  1. Sinnatamby, Chummy (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 473. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.

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

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