tentorial sinus

  • 1tentorial sinus — noun an unpaired sinus of the dura mater • Syn: ↑straight sinus, ↑sinus rectus • Hypernyms: ↑venous sinus, ↑sinus * * * noun : straight sinus …

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  • 2tentorial sinus — s. rectus …

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  • 3sinus rectus — noun an unpaired sinus of the dura mater • Syn: ↑straight sinus, ↑tentorial sinus • Hypernyms: ↑venous sinus, ↑sinus …

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  • 4sinus — 1. [TA] A channel for the passage of blood or lymph, without the coats of an ordinary vessel; e.g., blood passages in the gravid uterus or those in the cerebral meninges. 2. [TA] A cavity or …

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  • 5tentorial ridge — a ridge on the inner surface of the cranium just superior to the groove for the transverse sinus, to which the tentorium is attached …

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  • 6Straight sinus — Infobox Vein Name = Straight sinus Latin = sinus rectus GraySubject = 171 GrayPage = 655 Caption = Dural veins (Straight sinus labeled as SIN. RECTUS at center right.) Caption2 = Dura mater and its processes exposed by removing part of the right… …

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  • 7venous sinus — noun a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel • Syn: ↑sinus • Hypernyms: ↑duct, ↑epithelial duct, ↑canal, ↑channel • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 8straight sinus — noun an unpaired sinus of the dura mater • Syn: ↑tentorial sinus, ↑sinus rectus • Hypernyms: ↑venous sinus, ↑sinus * * * noun : a venous sinus of the brain formed by junction of the great cerebral vein and inferior sagittal sinus and terminating… …

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  • 9branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery …

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  • 10Ramus — In anatomy, a branch, such as a branch of a blood vessel or nerve. For example, the ramus acetabularis arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis is the branch of an artery that goes to the socket of the hip joint. The plural of ramus is rami. * * *… …

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