Tags: Anatomical Structure, Vein.
The inferior anastomotic vein also known as the vein of Labbé is one of several superficial cerebral veins on the human brain. It was named after the 17th century French surgeon Charles Labbé the uncle to the surgeon and politician Léon Labbé. It crosses and anastomoses at its two ends with the middle cerebral vein and the transverse sinus.