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Superior anastomotic vein

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Superior anastomotic vein
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Latinvena anastomotica superior
TA98A12.3.06.012
TA24909
FMA51238
Anatomical terminology

The superior anastomotic vein, also known as the vein of Trolard, is a superficial cerebral vein grouped with the superior cerebral veins. The vein was named after the 18th-century anatomist Jean Baptiste Paulin Trolard. The vein anastomoses with the middle cerebral vein and the superior sagittal sinus.

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