See Also: great cerebral vein(medicine)
great cerebral vein of Galen(medicine)
cistern of great cerebral vein(medicine)
anterior cerebral vein(medicine)
superficial middle cerebral vein(medicine)
deep middle cerebral vein(medicine)
great cardiac vein(medicine)
great saphenous vein(medicine)
great vein of Galen(medicine)
cistern of great vein of cerebrum(medicine)

great cerebral vein (medicine)


great cerebral vein -->
great cerebral vein of Galen


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.