Cerebellar veins

Cerebellar veins
Cerebellar veins
	Corresponding arterial circulation of the cerebellum (AICA and PICA).
	Veins and plexa of the cerebellum seen.
Details
Drains from	Cerebellum
Drains to	Dural venous sinuses
Artery	Anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA), posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA)
Identifiers
Latin	venae cerebelli
TA98	A12.3.06.056
TA2	4935
FMA	70879
	Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata]

Last updated March 23, 2025

The cerebellar veins are veins which drain the cerebellum. They consist of the superior cerebellar veins and the inferior cerebellar veins (dorsal cerebellar veins). The superior cerebellar veins drain to the straight sinus and the internal cerebral veins. The inferior cerebellar veins drain to the transverse sinus, the superior petrosal sinus, and the occipital sinus.

Structure

The superior cerebellar veins pass partly forward and medialward, across the superior cerebellar vermis. They end in the straight sinus,^[1] and the internal cerebral veins, partly lateralward to the transverse and superior petrosal sinuses.

The inferior cerebellar veins are larger. They end in the transverse sinus,^[2] the superior petrosal sinus, and the occipital sinus.

Clinical significance

The cerebellar veins may be affected by infarction or thrombosis.^[3] They may be the draining site of abnormal fistulas.^[4]

Additional images

Diagram of the arterial circulation at the base of the brain.
Sagittal section of the cerebellum, near the junction of the vermis with the hemisphere. (Veins not visible, but regions can be seen).

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

↑ Drake, Richard L. (2005). Gray's anatomy for students. Wayne Vogl, Adam W. M. Mitchell, Henry Gray. Philadelphia: Elsevier / Churchill Livingstone. p. 795. ISBN 0-443-06612-4. OCLC 55139039.
↑ Scremin, Oscar U. (2015). "31 - Cerebral Vascular System". The Rat Nervous System (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 985–1011. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-374245-2.00031-0. ISBN 978-0-12-374245-2.
↑ Bousser, Marie-Germaine; Barnett, Henry J. M. (2004). "12 - Cerebral Venous Thrombosis". Stroke - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management (4th ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 301–325. doi:10.1016/B0-44-306600-0/50016-X. ISBN 978-0-443-06600-9.
↑ Cole, Tyler S.; Lawton, Michael T. (2021). "8 - Surgical management of cerebral dural arteriovenous fistulas". Cerebral Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas. Academic Press. pp. 105–124. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-819525-3.00010-1. ISBN 978-0-12-819525-3. S2CID 242605747.

External links

http://neuroangio.org/venous-brain-anatomy/veins-posterior-fossa/

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[1] Drake, Richard L. (2005). Gray's anatomy for students. Wayne Vogl, Adam W. M. Mitchell, Henry Gray. Philadelphia: Elsevier / Churchill Livingstone. p. 795. ISBN 0-443-06612-4. OCLC 55139039.

[2] Scremin, Oscar U. (2015). "31 - Cerebral Vascular System". The Rat Nervous System (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 985–1011. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-374245-2.00031-0. ISBN 978-0-12-374245-2.

[3] Bousser, Marie-Germaine; Barnett, Henry J. M. (2004). "12 - Cerebral Venous Thrombosis". Stroke - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management (4th ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 301–325. doi:10.1016/B0-44-306600-0/50016-X. ISBN 978-0-443-06600-9.

[4] Cole, Tyler S.; Lawton, Michael T. (2021). "8 - Surgical management of cerebral dural arteriovenous fistulas". Cerebral Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas. Academic Press. pp. 105–124. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-819525-3.00010-1. ISBN 978-0-12-819525-3. S2CID 242605747.

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