basal vein


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Noun1.basal vein - a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral veinbasal vein - a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein
vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"
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To the Editor: In the literature, there are few reports about unilateral isolated basal vein thrombosis.
Forewings small hyaline, 2.7 times longer than wider, subacute at apex, veins R, M, Cu arising from the same point, basal vein longer than Cu, radius short, shorter than cubitus, marginal cells subequal, first marginal longer and broader than second, M 1+2 meeting just before apex; veins armed with microscopic setae (Fig.
Basal vein (1Rs&1M) arched, 1.5 x as long as 1cu-a; r-rs straight; areolet 0.5 x as long as r-rs; 2+3M 1.5 x as long as 4M; r-m almost entirely unpigmented; 1m-cu 0.8 x as long as 2Rs+M and 1.5 x as long as 3Cu; 1m-cu&2Rs+M sharply bent at ramulus (1Rs+M distal rudiment); ramulus long (a few times as long as wide); 2Rs+M with indistinct long bulla at about basal third; 2m-cu with two bullae and with the middle third strongly curved; 1cu-a very slightly postfurcal (almost interstitial).