INTERNAL CEREBRAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internal cerebral vein mean? 

• INTERNAL CEREBRAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun INTERNAL CEREBRAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. two paired veins passing caudally near the midline and uniting to form the great cerebral vein

  Familiarity information: INTERNAL CEREBRAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNAL CEREBRAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Two paired veins passing caudally near the midline and uniting to form the great cerebral vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

internal cerebral vein; vena cerebrum internus

Hypernyms ("internal cerebral vein" is a kind of...):

cerebral vein; vena cerebri (any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain)

 Context examples 

A blood vessel formed by the union of the two internal cerebral veins that drains the cerebrum and joins with the inferior sagittal sinus to form the straight sinus.

(Great Cerebral Vein of Galen, NCI Thesaurus)

An expansion of the subarachnoid space extending forward between the corpus callosum and the thalamus; it encloses the internal cerebral veins.

(Ambient Cistern, NCI Thesaurus)