superior sagittal sinus

noun

One of two venous sinuses of the dura mater passing backward in the convex attached superior margin of the falx cerebri and ending at the internal occipital protuberance by fusion with the transverse sinus.

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Meanings

nounsuperior sagittal sinus (plural superior sagittal sinuses)

plural superior sagittal sinuses

  1. anatomyOne of two venous sinuses of the dura mater passing backward in the convex attached superior margin of the falx cerebri and ending at the internal occipital protuberance by fusion with the transverse sinus.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 上矢狀竇 /上矢状窦
  • 上矢狀竇 /上矢状窦 (shàng shǐzhuàng dòu)dural venous sinus
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