====== Great cerebral vein ======

The great [[cerebral vein]] is one of the large blood vessels in the skull draining the cerebrum (brain). It is also known as the "[[vein of Galen]]" (VG), named for its discoverer, the Greek physician Galen. However, it is not the only vein with this eponym.

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The [[superior cerebellar vein]] is formed by the union of the [[precentral cerebellar vein]] and [[superior vermian vein]] in the [[quadrigeminal cistern]] and ascends vertically as an unpaired structure to drain into the inferior aspect of the proximal (anterior) [[great cerebral vein]] of Galen
((Huang YP, Wolf BS. The veins of the posterior fossa--superior or galenic draining group. (1965) The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy, and nuclear medicine. 95 (4): 808-21. doi:10.2214/ajr.95.4.808))
((Chaynes P, Microsurgical anatomy of the great cerebral vein of Galen and its tributaries. (2003) Journal of Neurosurgery. 99 (6): 1028. doi:10.3171/jns.2003.99.6.1028))
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