Definition of Basal vein

1. Noun. A large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein.

Exact synonyms: Vena Basalis
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basal Vein

basal plate of neural tube
basal ration
basal ridge
basal rod
basal seat
basal seat area
basal skull fracture
basal sphincter
basal squamous cell carcinoma
basal striations
basal surface
basal tentorial branch of internal carotid artery
basal tomentum
basal tubercle
basal tuberculosis
basal vein (current term)
basal vein of Rosenthal
basal veins
basalioma
basaliomas
basalis
basally
basalmost
basaloid
basaloid carcinoma
basaloid cell
basalolateral
basaloma
basals
basalt

Literary usage of Basal vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1902)
"basal vein with a branch directed backwards, sometimes forming a small closed cell ... basal vein without such a branch ..."

2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1886)
"Wings with a basal vein. Female. First funicle joint shorter than second. ... 9. Iliad not large and flat. Wings without basal vein. with plain furrows. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1896)
"Antennas filiform or very slightly thickening towards tip, 3d and 4th joints subequal ; basal vein strongly converging with ist recurrent, distinctly bent ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The basal vein is formed at the anterior perforated substance by the union of (<i) a small ... The basal vein passes backward around the cerebral peduncle, ..."

5. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"The basal vein is formed at the anterior perforated substance by the union of (a) a small ... The basal vein passes backward around the cerebral peduncle, ..."

6. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1914)
"The veins from the upper part of the pons join the basal vein, and those from the inferior part either join the cerebellar veins or they end in the inferior ..."

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