Intercavernous sinuses
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| Vein: Intercavernous sinuses | ||
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| The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Visible as light blue circle at center.) | ||
| Latin | sini intercavernosi | |
| Gray's | subject #171 659 | |
| MeSH | A07.231.908.224 | |
The intercavernous sinuses are two in number, an anterior and a posterior, and connect the two cavernous sinuses across the middle line.
The anterior passes in front of the hypophysis cerebri, the posterior behind it, and they form with the cavernous sinuses a venous circle (circular sinus) around the hypophysis.
The anterior one is usually the larger of the two, and one or other is occasionally absent.
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