basal vein of Rosenthal


ba·sal vein

[TA] a large vein originating from the confluence of veins from the orbital cortex (anterior cerebral veins [TA]) and the area of the insular cortex [deep middle cerebral vein [TA] (vena media profunda cerebri [TA]), insular veins [TA] (venae insulares [TA])], and passing caudally and dorsally along the medial surface of the temporal lobe, eventually emptying into the great cerebral vein. The basal vein receives tributaries from structures along its course; these include vein of olfactory gyrus [TA] (vena gyri olfactori [TA]), inferior thalamostriate veins [TA] (venae thalamostriatae inferiores [TA]), inferior ventricular vein [TA] (vena ventricularis inferior [TA]), inferior choroid vein [TA] (vena choroidea inferior [TA]), and peduncular veins [TA] (venae pedunculares [TA]).
See also: common basal vein, inferior basal vein, superior basal vein.
Synonym(s): vena basalis [TA], basal vein of Rosenthal, Rosenthal vein

ba·sal vein of Ro·sen·thal

(bā'săl vān rō'zĕn-thawl) A large vein passing caudally and dorsally along the medial surface of the temporal lobe from which it receives tributaries; it empties into the great cerebral vein (of Galen) from the lateral side.

Rosenthal,

Friedrich C., German anatomist, 1780-1829. basal vein of Rosenthal - a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe, from which it receives tributaries. Synonym(s): Rosenthal vein; vena basalisRosenthal aspiration needleRosenthal canal - the winding tube of the bony labyrinth which makes two and a half turns about the modiolus of the cochlea. Synonym(s): cochlear canalRosenthal vein - Synonym(s): basal vein of Rosenthal