Inferior cerebral veins

The inferior cerebral veins are veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses.

Inferior cerebral veins
Outer surface of cerebral hemisphere, showing areas supplied by cerebral arteries (inferior cerebral veins not labeled, but region drained is roughly equivalent to yellow region)
Details
Drains fromcerebrum
Drains todural venous sinuses
Arterycerebral arteries
Identifiers
LatinVenae inferiores cerebri
TA98A12.3.06.013
TA24911
FMA70869
Anatomical terminology

Those on the orbital surface of the frontal lobe join the superior cerebral veins, and through these open into the superior sagittal sinus.

Those of the temporal lobe anastomose with the middle cerebral and basal veins, and join the cavernous, sphenoparietal, and superior petrosal sinuses.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 652 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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