lateral head vein

lateral head vein
a vein beside the endocranium receiving four principal branches from the head, namely the anterior cerebral vein (draining blood from the rostrum and the eye), two median cerebral veins (draining blood from the braincase), and the posterior cerebral vein (draining blood from the posterior braincase (sometimes into the anterior cardinal vein))

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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