dural venous sinus (English, noun)
expansion: dural venous sinus (plural dural venous sinuses)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
meronyms: cavernous sinus
confluence of sinuses
inferior petrosal sinus
inferior sagittal sinus
occipital sinus
sigmoid sinus
sphenoparietal sinus
straight sinus
superior petrosal sinus
superior sagittal sinus
transverse sinus
glosses: Any of numerous venous channels (as the sagittal sinuses, straight sinus, and transverse sinuses) that are situated between the two layers of the dura mater, that have no valves, and that drain blood from the brain and the bones forming the cranium and empty it into the internal jugular vein.
Forms:
form: dural venous sinuses
tags: plural