(gā'lĕn )

A noted Greek physician and medical writer, circa a.d. 129–199. He lived in Rome and was physician to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. He is called the father of experimental physiology.

G. anastomosis Anastomosis between the superior and inferior laryngeal nerves.

great vein of G.Vein of Galen.

vein of G.A short midline unpaired vein between the cerebral hemispheres of the brain. It forms as the merger of the right and the left internal cerebral veins and bends upward (around the splenium of the corpus callosum) to empty into the straight sinus. SYN: great vein of Galen; great cerebral vein.