Basal vein | |
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Choroid plexus (basal veins not labeled, but visible draining into great cerebral vein)
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Details | |
Drains to | Internal cerebral vein |
Identifiers | |
Latin | Vena basalis |
Dorlands /Elsevier |
v_05/12849559 |
TA | A12.3.06.018 |
FMA | 50990 |
Anatomical terminology
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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)