Veins Flashcards
What veins connect the scalp veins to the intracranial venous sinuses?
Emissary veins
What are the draining veins of the orbit?
Superior ophthalmic vein
Inferior ophthalmic vein
both drain into the cavernous sinus
How is the IJV related in terms of position to the internal and common carotid arteries?
The IJV lies posterolateral to the internal and common carotid arteries
What are the 3 facial veins that eventually drain into the common facial v?
Anterior
Deep
Posterior
What plexus is inferoposterior to the cavernous sinus?
The basilar (clival) plexus
What conditions can cause filling of prominent scalp or emissary veins?
AVMs
Sinus pericranii
Increased ICP
Scalp or skull neoplasms
Where does the superior sagittal sinus originate?
Near the crista galli
What sinuses form the torcular Herophili?
Transverse sinuses, Superior sagittal sinus, Straight sinus
What converge to form the vein of Galen?
What converge to form the Straight sinus?
What converge to form the vein of Galen? Basal vein of Rosenthal and Internal cerebral veins
What converge to form the Straight sinus? Vein of Galen and the inferior sagittal sinus
What are the anatomic landmarks that mark the extent of the transverse sagittal sinus?
Internal occipital protuberance to the petrosal portion of the temporal bones
In nearly 75% of cases which transverse sinus is bigger?
The right
What sinuses does the superior petrosal sinus connect?
What about the inferior petrosal sinus?
Cavernous sinus and the sigmoid sinus
Cavernous sinus and drains into the jugular bulb
A true cavernous sinus lies on either side of the ______.
Sphenoid body
The intercavernous sinus surrounds what structure?
The sella
What is a vein of galen malformation?
Huge primitive median prosencephalic vein