Venous Dural Sinuses Flashcards
Venous blood from brain drains into what/
Venous sinuses found in cranial dural folds
What sinus is found in the attached edge of falx cerebri?
Superior Sagittal Sinus
The superior sagittal sinus drains into what?
R transverse sinus
The R transverse sinus lies in what?
Tentorium Cerebelli
The inferior sagittal sinus is found in the free edge of what?
Falx Cerebri
The inferior sagittal sinus drains into what?
Straight sinus
The straight sinus empties into what?
L transverse sinus
Sometimes the superior sagittal sinus and the straight sinus joint to form what?
Confluence of sinuses
The confluence is known as what?
Torculus Herophilus
The transverse sinus becomes the what?
Sigmoid Sinus
The superior petrosal sinus drains into what?
Sigmoid Sinus
The sigmoid sinus passes through jugular foramen to become what
Internal jugular V
The inferior petrosal sinus passes through the jugular foramen and drains into what?
Superior bulb of internal jugular V
What links the cavernous sinuses on either side of the sella turcica?
Intervacernous Sinuses
