Inferior 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	AICA, PICA
Latin	venae cerebelli inferiores
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12850567
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The inferior cerebellar veins are of large size, end in the transverse, superior petrosal, and occipital sinuses.

References

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

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).

Veins of the head and neck

External jugular

Retromandibular	maxillary pterygoid plexus superficial temporal anterior auricular

Direct	posterior auricular transverse cervical suprascapular anterior jugular jugular venous arch

Internal jugular

Diploic/brain

Cerebral

Superficial:	superior superficial middle inferior inferior anastomotic (Labbé) superior anastomotic (Trolard)

Deep:	great internal basal deep middle superior thalamostriate

Cerebellar

Sinuses

To COS	superior sagittal straight inferior sagittal occipital

To CS	sphenoparietal intercavernous superior ophthalmic ethmoidal central retinal nasofrontal vorticose veins inferior ophthalmic

To IJV	sigmoid: transverse petrosquamous superior petrosal inferior petrosal basilar plexus internal auditory veins condylar

Facial/common facial

Direct

Brachiocephalic

Vertebral	occipital occipital emissary suboccipital venous plexus deep cervical

Direct	inferior thyroid inferior laryngeal thymic

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