====== Internal occipital vein ====== The descriptions of the internal [[occipital vein]] included smaller non-occipital vessels that confused the identification of the [[vessel]]. The internal occipital vein is analyzed to be the vein draining the [[primary visual cortex]], which drains into the [[vein of Galen]] (VG) ((Krogager ME, Jespersen B, Mathiesen TI, Benndorf G. Three underdogs among galenic veins: anatomical analysis and literature review of surgical relevant veins in the quadrigeminal cistern. Neurosurg Rev. 2022 Aug 10. doi: 10.1007/s10143-022-01842-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35947231.)).