Brain venous vascular territories
Areae vasculares venosi encephali
Definition
The venous vascular territories of the brain are highly variable and not well known as the arterial vascular territories.
Are described (but varying from sources and authors):
Territory of cortical veins to superior sagittal sinus
Territory of cortical veins to transverse sinus
Territory of the superficial middle cerebral vein
Territory of the superior anastomotic vein (of Trolard)
Territory of the inferior anastomotic vein (of Labbe)
Territory of the deep internal veins
Territory of superior thalamostriate vein
Territory of the basal vein (of Rosenthal)
Territory of the great cerebral vein (of Galen)
Territory of the petrosal veins
Territory of the tentorial veins
Territory of the superior sagittal sinus
Territory of the sphenoparietal sinus
Territory of the straight sinus
Territory of the transverse sinus
Territory of the sigmoid sinus
Territory of the inferior sagittal sinus
References
Text by Antoine Micheau, MD - Copyright IMAIOS