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Dural Venous Sinuses Flashcards

1
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What are Dural Venous Sinuses?

A

Wide venous channels between the Periosteal and Meningeal Dural Layers

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Which Dural Venous Sinuses do not lie in the Periosteal and Meningeal Dura Layers?

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Inferior Sagittal Sinus
Straight Sinus

These sinuses lie in the dura

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3
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Dural Venous Sinuses are lined by …

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endothelium

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Dural Venous Sinuses are supported by …

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2 dural layers

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Characteristics of Dural Venous Sinuses

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No Muscle Tissue in their walls
No Valves

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How do Dural Venous Sinuses communicate with veins outside the skull?

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Valveless Emissary Veins

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What areas of the body do the Dural Venous Sinuses drain?

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Bones of Skull
Meninges
CSF
Brain

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Dural Venous Sinuses drain into …

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Inferior Jugular Vein

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9
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Categories of Dural Venous Sinuses

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Single
Paired

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Names of Single Dural Sinuses

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Superior Sagittal Sinus
Inferior Sagittal Sinus
Straight Sinus
Occipital Sinus
Basillar Venous Plexus
Intercavernous Sinuses

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Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Begins near …

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Crista Galli

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Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Pathway

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Runs backwards in Superior Border of Falx Cerebri

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Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Termination

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Forms Right Transverse Sinus near Internal Occipital Protuberance

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Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Cross-sectional view of sinus is …

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triangular

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Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Communicates with …

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Arachnoid Granulations

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Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
What are Arachnoid Granulations?

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Protrusions of Arachnoid through Dura

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17
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Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Tributeries

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Superior Cerebral Veins

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Single Dural Sinus: Inferior Sagittal Sinus
Location

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Lower border of Falx Cerebri

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Single Dural Sinus: Inferior Sagittal Sinus
Joins the …

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Great Cerebral Vein
Straight Sinus

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Single Dural Sinus: Straight Sinus
Lies in the junction between the ____ and ____

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__Falx Cerebri__
__Tentorium Cerebelli__

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Single Dural Sinus: Straight Sinus
What does the Straight Sinus become?

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Deviates leftwards forming Left Transverse Sinus

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Single Dural Sinus: Occipital Sinus
Location

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Attached border of Falx Cerebelli

23
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Single Dural Sinus: Occipital Sinus
Joins to the …

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Transverse Sinus above
Sigmoid Sinus below

24
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Single Dural Sinus: Basilar Venous Plexus
Location

A

Lies on the Clivus between 2 Dural Layers

25
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Single Dural Sinus: Basilar Venous Plexus
Connects …

A

2 Inferior Petrosal Venous Sinuses

26
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Single Dural Sinus: Basilar Venous Plexus
Receives veins from …

A

pons and medulla

27
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Single Dural Sinus: Basilar Venous Plexus
What happens in case of Thrombosis?

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Single Dural Sinus: Intercavernous Sinuses
What are the groups?

A

Anterior
Posterior

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Single Dural Sinus: Intercavernous Sinuses
Location

A

Anterior and Posterior Borders of Diaphragma Sellae

30
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Names of Paired Dural Sinuses

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Sphenoparietal Sinuses
Cavernous Sinuses
Superior Petrosal Sinus
Inferior Petrosal Sinus
Transverse Sinuses
Sigmoid Sinuses

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Paired Dural Sinuses: Sphenoparietal Sinuses
Location

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Posterior Border of Lesser Wing of Sphenoid

32
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Sphenoparietal Sinuses
Ends by joining the …

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Cavernous Sinus

33
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Cavernous Sinuses
Location

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Side of body of Sphenoid Bone

34
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Cavernous Sinuses
Structures transverse to cavernous sinus

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Inferomedial Wall
Lateral Wall

35
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Cavernous Sinuses
Structures of Inferomedial Wall

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Internal Carotid Artery
Abducent Nerve

36
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Cavernous Sinuses
Structures of Lateral Wall

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Up to Down:
Oculomotor Nerve
Trochlear Nerve
Opthalmic and maxillary divisions of trigeminal nerve

37
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Cavernous Sinuses
Anterior Tributaries

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Superior Opthalmic Vein: Connects Cavernous Sinus to Facial Vein
Sphenoparietal Venous Sinus

38
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Cavernous Sinuses
Posterior Tributaries

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Superior Petrosal Sinus: To Transverse Sinus
Inferior Petrosal Sinus: To IJV

39
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Cavernous Sinuses
Medial Connections

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Intercavernous Sinuses

40
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Cavernous Sinuses
Face Infection

A

Transmitted through Superior Ophthalmic Vein
Leads to thrombosis of Cavernous Sinus

41
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Superior Petrosal Sinus
Location

A

Attached border of Tentorium Cerebelli along superior border of Petrous Temporal Bone

42
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Superior Petrosal Sinus
Drains blood from the ____ to the ____

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__Cavernous Sinus__
__Transverse Sinus__

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Paired Dural Sinuses: Inferior Petrosal Sinus
Location

A

Between Petrous Temporal and Basilar Occipital bones

44
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Inferior Petrosal Sinus
Function

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Drains blood from Cavernous Sinus to Internal Jugular Vein

45
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Transverse Sinus
Location

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Transverse Sulcus (between the 2 layers of the attached margin of Tentorium Cerebelli)

46
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Paired Dural SInuses: Transverse Sinus
Right sinus is ____ because it is continuous with the ____

A

__larger__
__superior sagittal sinus__

47
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Transverse Sinus
Left sinus is continuous with the …

A

straight sinus

48
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Sigmoid Sinuses
Shape

49
Q

Paired Dural Sinuses: Sigmoid Sinuses
Continuation of …

A

transverse sinus

50
Q

Paired Dural Sinuses: Sigmoid Sinuses
Descends close to the …

A

mastoid air sinus

51
Q

Paired Dural Sinuses: Sigmoid Sinuses
Infections of Sigmoid Sinuses

A

Otitis Media
Mastoiditis

52
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Paired Dural Sinuses: Sigmoid Sinuses
Infections causes …

A

sigmoid sinus thrombosis

53
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Which sinuses pass through the Jugular Venous Foramen?

A

Inferior Petrosal Sinus
Sigmoid Sinus

MD2S3: Anatomy 203 (31 decks)

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