Occipital sinus
| Vein: Occipital sinus | |
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| The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Occipial sinus visible at bottom center, below the Foramen Magnum on image.) | |
| Latin | sinus occipitalis |
| Gray's | subject #171 658 |
| Drains to | confluence of sinuses |
| MeSH | Cranial+Sinuses |
The occipital sinus is the smallest of the cranial sinuses.
It is situated in the attached margin of the falx cerebelli, and is generally single, but occasionally there are two.
It commences around the margin of the foramen magnum by several small venous channels, one of which joins the terminal part of the transverse sinus; it communicates with the posterior internal vertebral venous plexuses and ends in the confluence of the sinuses.
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Base of the skull. Upper surface.
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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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