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.

References

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

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