Intercavernous sinuses

The intercavernous sinuses are two in number, an anterior and a posterior, and connect the two cavernous sinuses[1] across the middle line.

Intercavernous sinuses
Intercavernous sinuses
Dural veins
The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Visible as light blue circle at center.)
Details
Identifiers
Latinsini intercavernosi
TAA12.3.05.117
FMA50773
Anatomical terminology

The anterior passes in front of the hypophysis cerebri (pituitary gland), the posterior behind it, and they form with the cavernous sinuses a venous circle (circular sinus) around the hypophysis.

The anterior one is usually the larger of the two, and one or other is occasionally absent.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 659 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

See also

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