Cardiovascular system
Posterior intercavernous sinus
Sinus intercavernosus posterior
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Head
- Part of
- Basilar venous plexus
DescriptionUnreviewed
The intercavernous sinuses are two in number, an anterior and a posterior, and connect the two cavernous sinuses[1] across the middle line.
Intercavernous sinuses
The anterior passes in front of the hypophysis cerebri (pituitary gland), 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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Names
- Latin
- Sinus intercavernosus posterior
- English
- Posterior intercavernous sinus
- French
- Sinus intercaverneux postérieur
- Spanish
- Seno intercavernoso posterior
- Portuguese
- Seio intercavernoso posterior