Middle cerebral veins
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The middle cerebral veins are the superficial middle cerebral vein and the deep middle cerebral vein.
The superficial middle cerebral vein (superficial Sylvian vein) begins on the lateral surface of the hemisphere, and, running along the lateral sulcus, ends in the cavernous or the sphenoparietal sinus.