Venous Drainage of the Brain and Spinal Cord

Question 1

True or False

1. The veins of the brain has muscular tissue?
2. It has very thin walls?
3. Its veins possesses valves?
4. The lie in the subarachnoid space?
5. They drain into the dural venous sinuses?

Answer 1

False. No muscular tissue
True.
False. No valves
True.
True.

Question 2

This vein drains into the superior sagittal sinus?

Answer 2

Superior Cerebral Veins

Question 3

The superficial middle cerebral vein empties into the -?-

Answer 3

Cavernous Sinus

Question 4

The superficial middle cerebral veins drains the -?-

Answer 4

Lateral surface of the cerebral hemisphere

Question 5

The insula is drained by the -?-

Answer 5

Deep Middle Cerebral Vein

Question 6

The Deep Middle Cerebral Vein is joined by the -?- and -?- to form the basal vein

Answer 6

Anterior Cerebral Vein

Striate Vein

Question 7

The basal vein joins the -?- and drains into the straight sinus

Answer 7

Great Cerebral Vein

Question 8

Proper name of the great cerebral vein

Answer 8

Vein of Galen

Question 9

How many internal cerebral veins are there?

Answer 9

2

Question 10

The internal cerebral veins is formed by the -?- and -?- at the interventricular foramen

Answer 10

Thalamostriate vein

Choroid Vein

Question 11

The union of the two internal cerebral veins forms the -?-

Answer 11

Great cerebral vein

Question 12

The midbrain is drained by veins that open into the -?-(2)

Answer 12

Basal vein

Great Cerebral Vein

Question 13

The pons is drained by veins that opens into the -?-(3)

Answer 13

Basal Vein
Cerebellar Veins
Neighboring venous sinuses

Question 14

The cerebellum is drained by veins that empties into the -?-(2)

Answer 14

Great Cerebral Vein

Adjacent Venous Sinuses

Question 15

The medulla oblongata is drained by veins that opens into the -?-(2)

Answer 15

Spinal Veins

Neighboring Venous Sinuses

Question 16

The veins of the spinal cord drains mainly into what plexus?

Answer 16

Internal Vertebral Venous Plexus