Inferior sagittal sinus

Inferior sagittal sinus
Dural veins (Inferior sagittal sinus labeled as "SIN. SAGITTALIS INF." at upper right.)
Dura mater and its processes exposed by removing part of the right half of the skull, and the brain. (Inferior sagittal sinus visible as blue line at center.)
Details
Latin	sinus sagittalis inferior
Drains to	straight sinus
Identifiers
MeSH	A07.231.908.224
Dorlands /Elsevier	s_12/12739202
TA
TH	{{#property:P1694}}
TE	{{#property:P1693}}
FMA	{{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terminology [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The inferior sagittal sinus (also known as inferior longitudinal sinus), within the human head, is an area beneath the brain which allows blood to drain outwards posteriorly from the center of the head. It drains (from the center of the brain) to the straight sinus (at the back of the head), which connects to the transverse sinuses. See diagram (at right): labeled in the brain as "SIN. SAGITTALIS INF." (for Latin: sinus sagittalis inferior).

The inferior sagittal sinus courses along the inferior border of the falx cerebri, superior to the corpus callosum.

It receives blood from the deep and medial aspects of the cerebral hemispheres and drains into the straight sinus.

Additional images

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  Sagittal section of the skull, showing the sinuses of the dura.

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  Human brain dura mater (reflections)

See also

• Dural venous sinuses
• Occipital sinus

References

• This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)