Cardiovascular system
Straight sinus
Sinus rectus
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Head
- Part of
- Confluence of sinuses
DescriptionUnreviewed
The straight sinus, also known as tentorial sinus or the sinus rectus, is an area within the skull beneath the brain.
It receives blood from the inferior sagittal sinus and the great cerebral vein, and drains into the confluence of sinuses.
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Names
- Latin
- Sinus rectus
- English
- Straight sinus
- French
- Sinus droit
- Spanish
- Seno recto
- Portuguese
- Seio reto