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inferior petrosal sinuses

inferior petrosal sinuses is the plural of inferior petrosal sinus.

Meaning of inferior petrosal sinus

Noun

inferior petrosal sinus (plural inferior petrosal sinuses)

  1. The larger of the two petrosal sinuses that is situated inferiorly in a sulcus on each side formed by the junction of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the basilar portion of the occipital bone and that extends from the posterior inferior end of the cavernous sinus through the jugular foramen to join the internal jugular vein of the same side.

Questions about inferior petrosal sinuses

What is inferior petrosal sinuses the plural of?
Inferior petrosal sinuses is the plural of inferior petrosal sinus.

Words near inferior petrosal sinuses in the dictionary

  1. inferior oblique muscles
  2. inferior obliques
  3. inferior orbital fissure
  4. inferior orbital fissures
  5. inferior petrosal sinus
  6. inferior petrosal sinuses
  7. inferior pharyngeal constrictor
  8. inferior planet
  9. inferior planets
  10. inferior recti
  11. inferior rectus

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