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Definition of Anastomotic vein
1. Noun. Either of two communicating veins serving the brain.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anastomotic Vein
Literary usage of Anastomotic vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"At this same level the two common iliac veins, united by an anastomotic vein,
formed the inferior vena cava. The right kidney was the shape of a triangle at ..."
2. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"cavernous sinus ; occasionally it is united by an anastomotic loop, known as the
great anastomotic vein of Trolard, with the superior longitudinal sinus, ..."
3. The Gross and Minute Anatomy of the Central Nervous System by Hermon C. Gordinier (1899)
"A large vein of considerable importance, the great anastomotic vein of Trolard,
extends from the superior longitudinal sinus above to the cavernous or the ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"It is connected (a) with the superior sagittal sinus by the great anastomotic
vein of Trolard, which opens into one of the superior cerebral veins; ..."
5. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"... by means of a vein which is called the great or superior anastomotic vein;
and, very frequently, the posterior part of the superficial middle cerebral ..."
6. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1914)
"... by means of a vein which is called the great or superior anastomotic vein;
and, very frequently, the posterior part of the superficial middle cerebral ..."
7. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"The connection occasionally established between the superficial middle cerebral
vein and the transverse sinus is called the posterior anastomotic vein; ..."
8. The Brain Considered Anatomically, Physiologically and Philosophically by Emanuel Swedenborg, Rudolph Leonhard Tafel (1887)
"... an extensive communication between the veins of the base and those of the roof
of the cranium, I propose to call it the great anastomotic vein. ..."