inferior sagittal sinus

English

Noun

inferior sagittal sinus (plural inferior sagittal sinuses)

1. (anatomy) One of two venous sinuses of the dura mater lying in the posterior two thirds of the concave free inferior margin of the falx cerebri and ending posteriorly by joining the great cerebral vein to form the straight sinus.

   Coordinate term: superior sagittal sinus

Translations

dural venous sinus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下矢狀竇／下矢状窦 (xià shǐzhuàng dòu)

References

• “sagittal sinus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.