VENA CEREBRI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena cerebri mean? 

• VENA CEREBRI (noun)
  The noun VENA CEREBRI has 1 sense:

1. any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain

  Familiarity information: VENA CEREBRI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA CEREBRI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cerebral vein; vena cerebri

Hypernyms ("vena cerebri" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vena cerebri"):

anterior cerebral vein; vena cerebri anterior (accompanies the anterior cerebral artery and empties into the basal vein)

great cerebral vein; vena cerebri magna (a cerebral vein formed by the two internal cerebral veins and continuing into the sinus rectus)

inferior cerebral vein; venae cerebrum inferior (veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses)

internal cerebral vein; vena cerebrum internus (two paired veins passing caudally near the midline and uniting to form the great cerebral vein)

middle cerebral vein; vena cerebri media (either of two cerebral veins)

superior cerebral vein; vena cerebrum superior (a cerebral vein that drains the dorsal convexity of the cerebral hemisphere and empties into the cavernous sinus)