English Explanatory Dictionary

transverse sinus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two large venous sinuses of the cranium that begin at the bony protuberance on the middle of the inner surface of the occipital bone at the intersection of its bony ridges and that terminate at the jugular foramen on either side to become the internal jugular vein.

Word forms

transverse sinus transverse sinuses

Synonyms

lateral sinus
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