NETTER - Neuroscience Flash Cards

Magnetic Resonance Venography
1. Superior sagittal sinus
2. Transverse sinus
3. Sigmoid sinus
4. Internal jugular vein
5. Cerebral veins
6. Internal cerebral vein
7. Great cerebral vein of Galen
8. Basal vein of Rosenthal
9. Straight sinus
10. Confluence of sinuses
Comment: Magnetic resonance (MR) venography uses the same
principles of flow as MR angiography, taking advantage of the
relatively slow and steady venous blood flow compared with the
more robust flow of cerebral arterial blood. MR venography has
largely replaced imaging of venous drainage with radiopaque
contrast agents from carotid arteriography (venous phase).
Overview of the Nervous System See book 7.27