Basal vein

Basal vein
Choroid plexus (basal veins not labeled, but visible draining into great cerebral vein)
Details
Drains to	Internal cerebral vein
Identifiers
Latin	Vena basalis
TA	A12.3.06.018
FMA	50990
Anatomical terminology []

The basal vein is a vein in the brain. It is formed at the anterior perforated substance by the union of

The basal vein passes backward around the cerebral peduncle, and ends in the internal cerebral vein (vein of Galen); it receives tributaries from the interpeduncular fossa, the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle, the hippocampal gyrus, and the mid-brain.

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