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Sphenoparietal sinus

Sphenoparietal sinus

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The sphenoparietal sinus is a paired dural venous sinus situated along the posterior edge of the lesser wing of either sphenoid bone. It drains into the cavernous sinus.[2]

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Anatomy

A sphenoparietal sinus is situated under each lesser wing of the sphenoid bone near the posterior edge of this bone,[2] between the anterior cranial fossa and middle cranial fossa.[citation needed] It terminates by draining into the anterior part of the cavernous sinus.[2]

Tributaries

A sphenoparietal sinus receives small veins from the adjacent dura and sometimes the frontal ramus of the middle meningeal vein, communicating rami from the superficial middle cerebral vein, temporal lobe veins, and the anterior temporal diploic veins.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    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. PMC 7974157. PMID 14729539.
  2. [2]
    Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice. Susan Standring (Forty-second ed.). [New York]. 2021. p. 404. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

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  • Human brain dura mater (reflections)
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