Intercavernous sinuses
| Intercavernous sinuses | |
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 Dural veins | |
 The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Visible as light blue circle at center.) | |
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| Latin | sini intercavernosi |
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The intercavernous sinuses are two in number, an anterior and a posterior, and connect the two cavernous sinuses[1] across the middle line.
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
[edit | edit source]Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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