Superficial cerebral veins

The superficial cerebral veins are a group of cerebral veins in the head. The superficial veins of the brain are those veins that are close to the surface of the brain.^[1]

This group includes the superior cerebral veins, the superficial middle cerebral vein, the inferior cerebral veins, the inferior anastomotic vein and the superior anastomotic vein.^[2] The superior group empty into the superior sagittal sinus, and inferior sagittal sinus, and the inferior group empty into the transverse sinuses and the cavernous sinuses.^[3]