Inferior sagittal sinus
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| Vein: Inferior sagittal sinus | ||
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| Dural veins (Inferior sagittal sinus labeled as "SIN. SAGITTALIS INF." at upper right.) | ||
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| Dura mater and its processes exposed by removing part of the right half of the skull, and the brain. (Inferior sagittal sinus visible as blue line at center.) | ||
| Latin | sinus sagittalis inferior | |
| Gray's | subject #171 655 | |
| MeSH | Cranial+Sinuses | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | s_12/12739202 | |
The inferior sagittal sinus (also known as the inferior longitudinal sinus) courses along the inferior border of the falx cerebri, superior to the corpus callosum.
It receives blood from the deep and medial aspects of the cerebral hemispheres and drains into the straight sinus.
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 Sagittal section of the skull, showing the sinuses of the dura. |
[edit] See also
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| Veins of head and neck |
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| exterior of the head and face: frontal - supraorbital - angular - facial - common facial (superior labial, inferior labial) - deep facial - superficial temporal - retromandibular - pterygoid - internal maxillary - posterior auricular - occipital
veins of the neck: jugular vein (external, anterior, internal, arch) - inferior petrosal sinus - lingual - pharyngeal - superior thyroid - middle thyroid - vertebral - deep cervical diploic/veins of the brain: cerebral - superior cerebral - middle cerebral - inferior cerebral - basal - internal cerebral - great cerebral - superior cerebellar - inferior cerebellar sinuses of the dura mater: superior sagittal - inferior sagittal - straight - transverse - sigmoid - petrosquamous - occipital - confluence - cavernous - sphenoparietal ophthalmic: vorticose veins - superior ophthalmic - nasofrontal - inferior ophthalmic - intercavernous sinuses - superior petrosal sinus - basilar - emissary |
