Groove for transverse sinus

Along the internal surface of the occipital bone, running laterally between superior and inferior fossae of the cruciate eminence is the groove for transverse sinus. The transverse sinuses travel along this groove.

Additional images

• Groove for transverse sinus - animation2.gif

  Position of groove for transverse sinus (shown in red). Animation.

• Groove for transverse sinus - close-up - animation.gif

  Occipital bone. Groove for transverse sinus shown in red. Animation.

• Occipital bone - Groove for transverse sinus - superior view.png

  Base of the skull. Upper surface. Groove for transverse sinus shown in red.

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  Base of the skull. Upper surface. Groove for transverse sinus labelled at bottom.

• Gray193.png

  Base of the skul. Upper surface. (Occipital bone is in blue at bottom, and groove for transverse sinus runs horizontally.)

• Skull inner surface.jpg

  Base of the skull. Upper surface. Groove for transverse sinus not labelled, but visible at bottom.

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  Base of the skull. Upper surface. Transverse sinuses are drawn at bottom.

See also

• Internal occipital protuberance
• Occipital bone
• Transverse sinus

References

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

External links

• Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2 at Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, Elsevier
• Diagram at uni-mainz.de