inferior petrosal sinus (English, noun)
expansion: inferior petrosal sinus (plural inferior petrosal sinuses)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The larger of the two petrosal sinuses that is situated inferiorly in a sulcus on each side formed by the junction of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the basilar portion of the occipital bone and that extends from the posterior inferior end of the cavernous sinus through the jugular foramen to join the internal jugular vein of the same side.
Forms:
form: inferior petrosal sinuses
tags: plural