Sphenoparietal sinus

Sphenoparietal sinus
	The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Sphenoparietal sinus labeled at upper right.)
Details
Drains from	superficial middle cerebral vein (by tradition)[1]
Source	diploic veins, meningeal veins
Drains to	cavernous sinus
Identifiers
Latin	sinus sphenoparietalis
TA	A12.3.05.119
FMA	50776
	Anatomical terminology

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 page 658 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

↑ 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.

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