Cardiovascular system
Sigmoid sinus
Sinus sigmoideus
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Dural venous sinuses
DescriptionUnreviewed
The sigmoid sinuses (sigma- or s-shaped hollow curve), also known as the pars sigmoid, are venous sinuses within the skull that receive blood from posterior dural venous sinus veins.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Sinus sigmoideus
- English
- Sigmoid sinus
- French
- Sinus sigmoïde
- Spanish
- Seno sigmoideo
- Portuguese
- Seio sigmóide