RT Book, Section
A1 Morales-Vidal, Sarkis
A1 Schneck, Michael J.
A1 Ramirez-Zamora, Adolfo
A2 Dieter, Robert S.
A2 Dieter, Raymond A.
A2 Dieter, Raymond A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126490324
T1 Venous Diseases of the Central Nervous System
T2 Venous and Lymphatic Diseases
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071601580
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126490324
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  veins  of  the  brain  contain  no  valves,  and  the  vessel  wall  is  slim  because  of  the  absence  of  the  muscular  layer.  The  veins  penetrate  the  dura  mater  and  drain  into  the  cranial  venous  sinuses.1,2,3  The  cerebral  veins  are  divided  into  two  main  groups—cerebral  and  cerebellar.  The  cerebral  veins  drain  the  external  and  internal  surfaces  of  the  hemispheres.  The  cerebral  veins  that  drain  the  external  surfaces  of  the  cerebral  hemispheres  are  the  superior,  middle,  and  inferior  superficial  cerebral  veins.  The  cerebral  veins  that  drain  the  internal  cerebral  structures  are  mainly  the  internal  cerebral  vein  and  the  basal  vein  of  Rosenthal,  which  drain  in  the  great  vein  of  Galen.  There  are  two  pairs  of  cerebellar  veins,  the  superior  and  the  inferior  cerebellar  veins  (Figure  15-1).