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Sphenoparietal sinus
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| Vein: Sphenoparietal sinus | ||
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| The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Sphenoparietal sinus labeled at upper right.) | ||
| Latin | sinus sphenoparietalis | |
| Gray's | subject #171 658 | |
| Drains from | superficial middle cerebral vein (by tradition)[1] | |
| Source | diploic veins, meningeal veins | |
| Drains to | cavernous sinus | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | s_12/12739256 | |
The cavernous sinus receives the superior ophthalmic vein through the superior orbital fissure, some of the cerebral veins, and also the small sphenoparietal sinus, which courses along the under surface of the small wing of the sphenoid.
- ^ San Millán Ruíz D, Fasel J, Rüfenacht D, Gailloud P (2004). "The sphenoparietal sinus of Breschet: does it exist? An anatomic study.". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25 (1): 112-20. PMID 14729539.
- Sphenoparietal+sinus at eMedicine Dictionary
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