Vena Retzius

Vienna of the Cis River

The vein of Rezzius is a superficial branch of the renal vein, originating in the cerebral sinus between the superior cerebellar veins and the inferior cerebellar peduncle. Moving into the posterior cranial fossa, it flows together with the other cerebral sinus in front of the superior cavity of the subclan of the posterior fossa. The other end of the vein is connected to the cervical nodes, where it divides into smaller branches. This compound has a different name among different peoples, according to which it is also found in the names of the diseases caused by them. It has different embryological origins and follows on both sides of the posterior brainstem, passing between the cerebral peduncles. As a result, it is located in front of the internal capsule, cerebral pyramids, mastoid processes, clivus and sphenoid sinus and is always free, although very closely adjacent to these organs. It lies in the posterior part of the large falciform space, which explains the presence of an opening at the base of the cerebellar peduncle; passes in the posterior central sulcus, between the posterior peduncles of the brain, and in an upward direction, descends to the space between the pyramids, called Bruns' nerve; passes to the superolateral surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebral hemisphere, and from there to the foramen magnum.