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Definition of Great cerebral vein
1. Noun. A cerebral vein formed by the two internal cerebral veins and continuing into the sinus rectus.
Medical Definition of Great cerebral vein
1. A large, unpaired vein formed by the junction of the two internal cerebral veins in the caudal part of the tela choroidea of the third ventricle; it passes caudally between the splenium of the corpus callosum and the pineal gland, curving dorsally to merge with the inferior sagittal sinus to form the straight sinus. Synonym: vena cerebri magna, great cerebral vein, great vein of Galen. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Cerebral Vein
Literary usage of Great cerebral vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"The veins from the interior of the hemispheres which join the great cerebral vein
will be described later (see p. 444). Veins of the Mid-Brain. ..."
2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The great cerebral vein (v. cerebri-magna [Galeni]; great vein of Galen) (Fig.
565), formed by the union of the two internal cerebral veins, ..."
3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1914)
"One of the latter, the great cerebral vein, was seen when the upper parts of the
brain were removed from the cranium (p. 210). It emerges from beneath the ..."
4. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"Under the splenium of the corpus callosum it joins the internal cerebral vein of
the opposite side and forms the great cerebral vein. ..."
5. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss, Leslie Brainerd Arey (1917)
"... Ophthalmic vein \ \ Trigeminal nerve Auditory vesicle D Inferior sagittal
sinus Straight sinus great cerebral vein _Jt^=^-^ Confluence Superior sagittal ..."
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