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dural venous sinuses

dural venous sinuses is the plural of dural venous sinus.

Meaning of dural venous sinus

Noun

dural venous sinus (plural dural venous sinuses)

  1. Any of numerous venous channels (as the sagittal sinuses, straight sinus, and transverse sinuses) that are situated between the two layers of the dura mater, that have no valves, and that drain blood from the brain and the bones forming the cranium and empty it into the internal jugular vein.
    Synonyms:
    cerebral sinus, cranial sinus, dural sinus, sinus of the dura mater

Questions about dural venous sinuses

What is dural venous sinuses the plural of?
Dural venous sinuses is the plural of dural venous sinus.

Words near dural venous sinuses in the dictionary

  1. durak
  2. dural
  3. dural sinus
  4. dural sinuses
  5. dural venous sinus
  6. dural venous sinuses
  7. duralium
  8. Durall
  9. Duralls
  10. durally
  11. duralum

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