Definition

Noun: - A large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein: The basal vein is a deep cerebral vein that drains blood from structures in the base of the brain, such as parts of the temporal lobe, and connects to the great cerebral vein (of Galen).

Usage

The term "basal vein" is used exclusively in anatomical and medical contexts to describe this specific blood vessel in the brain. - The surgeon carefully avoided the basal vein during the procedure. - An occlusion of the basal vein can lead to specific neurological symptoms.

Advanced Usage

• "Basal vein of Rosenthal": This is the full anatomical name for the basal vein, named after the German psychiatrist and neuroanatomist Friedrich Carl von Rosenthal.
  • The imaging clearly showed the course of the basal vein of Rosenthal.

Variants and Related Words

• Venae cerebri internae (internal cerebral veins): These are other deep cerebral veins that, along with the basal veins, converge at the great cerebral vein.
• Great cerebral vein (of Galen): The larger vein into which the basal vein drains.

Synonyms

• Venae basales (Latin anatomical term)
• Basal vein of Rosenthal (full anatomical name)

Noun

1. a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein