Dural Venous Sinuses Flashcards
What are Dural Venous Sinuses?
Wide venous channels between the Periosteal and Meningeal Dural Layers
Which Dural Venous Sinuses do not lie in the Periosteal and Meningeal Dura Layers?
Inferior Sagittal Sinus
Straight Sinus
These sinuses lie in the dura
Dural Venous Sinuses are lined by …
endothelium
Dural Venous Sinuses are supported by …
2 dural layers
Characteristics of Dural Venous Sinuses
No Muscle Tissue in their walls
No Valves
How do Dural Venous Sinuses communicate with veins outside the skull?
Valveless Emissary Veins
What areas of the body do the Dural Venous Sinuses drain?
Bones of Skull
Meninges
CSF
Brain
Dural Venous Sinuses drain into …
Inferior Jugular Vein
Categories of Dural Venous Sinuses
Single
Paired
Names of Single Dural Sinuses
Superior Sagittal Sinus
Inferior Sagittal Sinus
Straight Sinus
Occipital Sinus
Basillar Venous Plexus
Intercavernous Sinuses
Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Begins near …
Crista Galli
Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Pathway
Runs backwards in Superior Border of Falx Cerebri
Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Termination
Forms Right Transverse Sinus near Internal Occipital Protuberance
Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Cross-sectional view of sinus is …
triangular
Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Communicates with …
Arachnoid Granulations
Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
What are Arachnoid Granulations?
Protrusions of Arachnoid through Dura
Single Dural Sinus: Superior Sagittal Sinus
Tributeries
Superior Cerebral Veins
Single Dural Sinus: Inferior Sagittal Sinus
Location
Lower border of Falx Cerebri
Single Dural Sinus: Inferior Sagittal Sinus
Joins the …
Great Cerebral Vein
Straight Sinus
Single Dural Sinus: Straight Sinus
Lies in the junction between the ____ and ____
__Falx Cerebri__
__Tentorium Cerebelli__
Single Dural Sinus: Straight Sinus
What does the Straight Sinus become?
Deviates leftwards forming Left Transverse Sinus