[The superficial cerebral veins]

Estimated were the number, the course, and the width of the superficial cerebral veins. The veins on the superolateral surface of the brain are the prefrontal superficial lateral superior, the precentral superficial lateral superior, the central superficial lateral superior, the parietal superficial lateral superior, and the occipital superficial lateral superior veins which drain to the superior sagittal sinus, to bridging veins, and to the falx cerebri. The veins which drain the lateral surface of the brain downwards are the middle superficial cerebral veins, the temporal inferior, occipital inferior, and anastomotic veins. The diameters of these veins were measured at the perforation of the arachnoid membrane and the diameters of the anastomotic veins on their narrowest area. On the medial side of the hemispheres, we divided in precentral superficial superior medial, central superficial medial, parietal superficial medial, occipital superficial medial dorsal veins of the corpus callosum, and internal occipital veins. On the basal surface of the hemispheres, we studied and described the uncal veins and the inferior hemispheric veins. Studied and discussed are also the bridging veins in the course of the inferior cerebral veins, the paracavernous sinuses, and the last course of the veins and their connections with the dura mater or the course inside the dura. Given are besides the numbers of these veins, the area of perforation of the arachnoid membrane, and their width and medical importance.