MIDDLE CEREBRAL VEIN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Either of two cerebral veins

Synonyms:

middle cerebral vein; vena cerebri media

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("middle cerebral vein" is a kind of...):

cerebral vein; vena cerebri (any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "middle cerebral vein"):

deep middle cerebral vein (accompanies the middle cerebral artery deep in the Sylvian fissure; empties into the basal vein)

superficial middle cerebral vein (a large vein along the line of the Sylvian fissure to the cavernous sinus)