Emissary veins (also known as the vena emissaria) are the small valveless veins that pass via the foramina of the skull, providing a venous communication between the dural venous sinuses and veins of the scalp or veins inferior to the skull base.
Named emissary veins
- 1. William Alexander Newman Dorland. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. (2018) ISBN: 9781416023647