Cerebellar veins

Veins that drain the cerebellum

Cerebellar veins

Corresponding arterial circulation of the cerebellum (AICA and PICA).

Veins and plexa of the cerebellum seen.

Details
Drains from| cerebellum
Drains to| dural venous sinuses
Artery| anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA), posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA)
Identifiers
Latin| Venae cerebelli
TA98| A12.3.06.056
TA2| 4935
FMA| 70879
Anatomical terminology

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The cerebellar veins are veins which drain the cerebellum. They consist of the superior cerebellar veins and the inferior cerebellar veins (dorsal cerebellar veins). The superior cerebellar veins drain to the straight sinus and the internal cerebral veins. The inferior cerebellar veins drain to the transverse sinus, the superior petrosal sinus, and the occipital sinus.

## Structure[edit]

The superior cerebellar veins pass partly forward and medialward, across the superior cerebellar vermis. They end in the straight sinus,[1] and the internal cerebral veins, partly lateralward to the transverse and superior petrosal sinuses.

The inferior cerebellar veins are larger. They end in the transverse sinus,[2] the superior petrosal sinus, and the occipital sinus.

## Clinical significance[edit]

The cerebellar veins may be affected by infarction or thrombosis.[3] They may be the draining site of abnormal fistulas.[4]

## Additional images[edit]

* Diagram of the arterial circulation at the base of the brain.

* Sagittal section of the cerebellum, near the junction of the vermis with the hemisphere. (Veins not visible, but regions can be seen).

## References[edit]

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

1. ^ Drake, Richard L. (2005). Gray's anatomy for students. Wayne Vogl, Adam W. M. Mitchell, Henry Gray. Philadelphia: Elsevier / Churchill Livingstone. p. 795\. ISBN 0-443-06612-4. OCLC 55139039.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
2. ^ Scremin, Oscar U. (2015). "31 - Cerebral Vascular System". The Rat Nervous System (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 985–1011. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-374245-2.00031-0. ISBN 978-0-12-374245-2.
3. ^ Bousser, Marie-Germaine; Barnett, Henry J. M. (2004). "12 - Cerebral Venous Thrombosis". Stroke - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management (4th ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 301–325. doi:10.1016/B0-44-306600-0/50016-X. ISBN 978-0-443-06600-9.
4. ^ Cole, Tyler S.; Lawton, Michael T. (2021). "8 - Surgical management of cerebral dural arteriovenous fistulas". Cerebral Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas. Academic Press. pp. 105–124. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-819525-3.00010-1. ISBN 978-0-12-819525-3. S2CID 242605747.

## External links[edit]

* http://neuroangio.org/venous-brain-anatomy/veins-posterior-fossa/

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Veins of the head and neck

External jugular|

| Retromandibular|

* maxillary
* pterygoid plexus
* superficial temporal
* anterior auricular

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Direct|

* posterior auricular
* transverse cervical
* suprascapular
* anterior jugular
* jugular venous arch

Internal jugular|

| Diploic/brain|

| Cerebral|

| Superficial:|

* superior
* superficial middle
* inferior
* inferior anastomotic (Labbé)
* superior anastomotic (Trolard)

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Deep:|

* great
* internal
* basal
* deep middle
* superior thalamostriate

Cerebellar|

* superior
* inferior

Sinuses|

| To COS|

* superior sagittal
* straight
* inferior sagittal
* occipital

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To CS|

* sphenoparietal
* intercavernous
* superior ophthalmic
* ethmoidal
* central retinal
* nasofrontal
* vorticose veins
* inferior ophthalmic

To IJV|

* sigmoid: transverse
* petrosquamous
* superior petrosal
* inferior petrosal
* basilar plexus
* internal auditory veins
* condylar

Facial/common facial|

* frontal
* supraorbital
* angular
* superior labial
* inferior labial
* deep facial

Direct|

* lingual
* dorsal lingual
* deep lingual
* sublingual
* pharyngeal
* superior thyroid
* superior laryngeal
* middle thyroid

Brachiocephalic|

| Vertebral|

* occipital
* occipital emissary
* suboccipital venous plexus
* deep cervical

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Direct|

* inferior thyroid
* inferior laryngeal
* thymic

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