Meanings
plural transverse sinuses
- anatomyEither 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.
Synonyms: lateral sinus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEither 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna paired dural sinus; terminates in the sigmoid sinus
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 橫竇 /横窦
- 橫竇 /横窦 (héng dòu)dural venous sinus
Cite this entry
transverse sinus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transverse%20sinus
“transverse sinus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transverse%20sinus. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transverse sinus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transverse%20sinus.
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