Sphenoparietal sinus

Vein: Sphenoparietal sinus
The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Sphenoparietal sinus labeled at upper right.)
Latin	sinus sphenoparietalis
Gray's	subject #171 658
Drains from	superficial middle cerebral vein (by tradition)[1]
Source	diploic veins, meningeal veins
Drains to	cavernous sinus

The cavernous sinus receives the superior ophthalmic vein through the superior orbital fissure, some of the cerebral veins, and also the small sphenoparietal sinus, which courses along the under surface of the small wing of the sphenoid.

References

1. ^ San Millán Ruíz D, Fasel J, Rüfenacht D, Gailloud P (2004). "The sphenoparietal sinus of Breschet: does it exist? An anatomic study.". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25 (1): 112–20. PMID 14729539. 

Additional images

Human brain dura mater (reflections)

External links

• Sphenoparietal+sinus at eMedicine Dictionary

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.