internal cerebral veins

Information about internal cerebral veins

Vein: Internal cerebral veins
Coronal section of lateral and third ventricles.
Latinvenae internae cerebri
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Drains togreat cerebral vein
Arterycerebral arteries
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The internal cerebral veins (veins of Galen; deep cerebral veins) drain the deep parts of the hemisphere and are two in number; each is formed near the interventricular foramen by the union of the terminal and choroid veins.

They run backward parallel with one another, between the layers of the tela chorioidea of the third ventricle, and beneath the splenium of the corpus callosum, where they unite to form a short trunk, the great cerebral vein; just before their union each receives the corresponding basal vein.

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The great cerebral vein is one of the large blood vessels in the skull draining the cerebrum (brain).

It also has the named after "vein of Galen" (VG), named for its discoverer, the Greek physician Galen. However, it is not the only vein with this eponym.
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Cerebral arteries can refer to:
  • Anterior cerebral artery
  • Middle cerebral artery
  • Posterior cerebral artery

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Vein of Galen refers to two different venous structures, each named after Galen:
  • Great cerebral vein
  • Internal cerebral veins

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In the brain, the interventricular foramina (or foramina of Monro) are channels that connect the paired lateral ventricles with the third ventricle at the midline of the brain.
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Tela chorioidea (or Tela choroidea) can refer to:
  • Tela chorioidea of the third ventricle
  • Tela chorioidea of the fourth ventricle

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The third ventricle (ventriculus tertius) is one of four connected fluid-filled cavities comprising the ventricular system within the human brain. It is a median cleft between the two thalami, and is filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
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The posterior end of the corpus callosum is the thickest part, and is termed the splenium.

It overlaps the tela chorioidea of the third ventricle and the mid-brain, and ends in a thick, convex, free border.
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The corpus callosum is a structure of the mammalian brain in the longitudinal fissure that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres. It is the largest white matter structure in the brain, consisting of 200-250 million contralateral axonal projections.
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The great cerebral vein is one of the large blood vessels in the skull draining the cerebrum (brain).

It also has the named after "vein of Galen" (VG), named for its discoverer, the Greek physician Galen. However, it is not the only vein with this eponym.
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Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (or Gray's Anatomy as it has commonly been shortened) is an English-language human anatomy textbook widely regarded as a classic work on the subject.
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