Sphenoparietal sinus

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Sphenoparietal sinus
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The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Sphenoparietal sinus labeled at upper right.)
Details
Latin sinus sphenoparietalis
Drains from
superficial middle cerebral vein (by tradition)[1]
Source
diploic veins, meningeal veins
Drains to
cavernous sinus
Identifiers
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Anatomical terminology
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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.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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