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Superficial cerebral veins
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Latin	venae superficiales cerebri
TA98	A12.3.06.002
TA2	4902
FMA	70862
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The superficial cerebral veins are a group of cerebral veins in the head.

This group includes the superior cerebral veins, the superficial middle cerebral vein, the inferior cerebral veins, the inferior anastomotic vein and the superior anastomotic vein.^[1]

Veins of the head and neck

External jugular

Retromandibular	maxillary pterygoid plexus superficial temporal anterior auricular
Direct	posterior auricular transverse cervical suprascapular anterior jugular jugular venous arch

Internal jugular

Superficial:	superior superficial middle inferior inferior anastomotic (Labbé) superior anastomotic (Trolard)
Deep:	great internal basal deep middle superior thalamostriate choroid septal

To COS	superior sagittal straight inferior sagittal occipital
To CS	sphenoparietal intercavernous superior ophthalmic ethmoidal central retinal nasofrontal vorticose veins inferior ophthalmic
To IJV	sigmoid: transverse petrosquamous superior petrosal inferior petrosal basilar plexus internal auditory veins condylar

Facial/common facial

Direct

Brachiocephalic

Vertebral	occipital occipital emissary suboccipital venous plexus deep cervical
Direct	inferior thyroid inferior laryngeal thymic

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