Inferior Thalamostriate Vein (Noun)
Meaning
Tributaries to the basal vein.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The inferior thalamostriate vein is one of the tributaries that join with other veins to form the basal vein in the brain.
- It receives blood flow from various sources, including small superficial cerebral veins and draining into the inferior thalamostriate vein before reaching the basal vein.
- Tributaries such as the anterior cerebral vein, the superior thalamostriate vein, and the inferior thalamostriate vein merge with the basal vein.
- Drainage of the deep cerebral white matter often relies on small, deeper cerebral veins, and parts merge to form the inferior thalamostriate vein and eventually the basal vein.
- The internal cerebral veins unite in the pineal region to form a single great cerebral vein which also unites with the inferior thalamostriate veins and the basal veins.