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Definition of Transverse sinus
1. Noun. A paired dural sinus; terminates in the sigmoid sinus.
Medical Definition of Transverse sinus
1. A paired dural venous sinus that drains the confluence of sinuses, running along the occipital attachment of the tentorium cerebelli and terminating in the sigmoid sinus. Synonym: sinus transversus, lateral sinus. Transverse pericardial sinus, a passage in the pericardial sac between the origins of the great vessels, i.e., posterior to the intrapericardial portions of the pulmonary trunk and ascending aorta and anterior to the superior vena cava and superior to the atria; it is formed as a result of the flexure of the heart tube, partially approximating the great venous and arterial vessels. Synonym: sinus transversus pericardii, Theile's canal, transverse sinus of pericardium. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transverse Sinus
Literary usage of Transverse sinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"in section, increases in size as it proceeds backward, and runs downward and
backward from the end of the inferior sagittal sinus to the transverse sinus of ..."
2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The dissectors will probably find that the superior sagittal sinus turns to the
right and becomes continuous with the right transverse sinus, whilst the ..."
3. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"The dissectors will probably find that the superior sagittal sinus turns to the
right and becomes continuous with the right transverse sinus, whilst the ..."
4. The Brain Considered Anatomically, Physiologically and Philosophically by Emanuel Swedenborg, Rudolph Leonhard Tafel (1887)
"... the anterior occipital or transverse sinus near the exterior and interior side
of the carotid. Lastly, the blood of the receptacle follows the carotid ..."
5. Atlas and Epitome of Otology by Gustav Brühl, Seth MacCuen Smith (1902)
"Owing to its position below the deepest point in the descending portion of the
transverse sinus, the bulb of the jugular vein serves to retard the flow of ..."
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