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Veins of the Posterior Fossa

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Internal Cerebral Vein|Posterior Communicating Vein|Median Anterior Pontomesencephalic Vein|Trochlear Nerve|Oculomotor Nerve|Superior Petrosal Vein|Trigeminal Nerve|Transverse Pontine Vein|Lateral Anterior Pontomesencephalic Vein|Vestibulocochlear Nerve|Facial Nerve|Abducens Nerve|Vein of Pontomedullary Sulcus|Glossopharyngeal Nerve|Vagus Nerve|Lateral Anterior Medullary Vein|Transverse Medullary Vein|Hypoglossal Nerve|Spinal Accessory Nerve|Median Anterior Medullary Vein|Lateral Medullary Vein|Retro-olivary Vein|Vein of Inferior Cerebellar Peduncle|Vein of Cerebellomedullary Fissure|Inferior Hemispheric Vein|Vein of Middle Cerebellar Peduncle|Middle Hemispheric Vein|Vein of Petrosal Fissure|Vein of Postclival Fissure|Superior Hemispheric Vein|Vein of Cerebellopontine Fissure|Superior Hemispheric Vein|Anterior Lateral Marginal Vein|Pontotrigeminal Vein|Vein of Pontomesencephalic Sulcus|Peduncular Vein|Basal Vein of Rosenthal|Great Cerebral Vein of Galen|Tectal Vein|Superior Vermian Vein|Vein of Superior Cerebellar Peduncle|Lingula of Vermis|Superior Medullary Velum|Inferior Medullary Velum|Medial Supratonsillar Vein|Lateral Supratonsillar Vein|Inferior Vermian Vein|Superior Retrotonsillar Vein|Lateral Tonsillar Vein|Inferior Retrotonsillar Vein|Medial Tonsillar Vein|Marginal Sinus|Dentate Ligament|Median Posterior Medullary Vein|Sigmoid Sinus|Lateral Medullary Vein|Choroidal Vein|Tela Choroidea|Dentate Vein|Transverse Pontine Vein|Lateral Mesencephalic Vein

C, Veins of the posterior fossa. Petrosal surface and left side of the brainstem, anterolateral view. D, Veins of the posterior fossa. Petrosal surface and left side of the brainstem, anterolateral view. (Images courtesy of AL Rhoton, Jr.)

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