Medical Definition of Sinus lienis

1. An elongated venous channel, 12 to 40 um wide, lined by rod-shaped cells. Synonym: sinus lienis. Straight sinus, an unpaired dural venous sinus in the posterior part of the falx cerebri where it is attached to the tentorium cerebelli; it is formed anteriorly by the merging of the great cerebral vein with the inferior sagittal sinus, and passes horizontally and posteriorly to the confluence of sinuses. Synonym: sinus rectus, tentorial sinus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinus Lienis

sinus circularis
sinus coronarius
sinus durae matris
sinus ethmoidales
sinus ethmoidales anteriores
sinus ethmoidales mediae
sinus ethmoidales posteriores
sinus frontalis
sinus headache
sinus histiocytosis
sinus intercavernosi
sinus lactiferi
sinus laryngeus
sinus lienis (current term)
sinus maxillaris
sinus nerve of Hering
sinus node
sinus node artery
sinus obliquus pericardii
sinus occipitalis
sinus of nail
sinus of the vena cava
sinus of valsalva
sinus paranasales
sinus pause
sinus petrosus inferior
sinus petrosus superior

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