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Definition of Sinus transversus
1. Noun. A paired dural sinus; terminates in the sigmoid sinus.
Medical Definition of Sinus transversus
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 Sinus Transversus
Literary usage of Sinus transversus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"It receives laterally the veins of the nose, the vena ophthalmica, and the sinus
transversus. The sinus occipitalis (Fig. 62, No. ..."
2. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"It receives laterally the veins of the nose, the vena ophthalmica, and the sinus
transversus. The sinus occipitalis (Fig. 62, No. ..."
3. Neurological Technique: Some Special Histological Methods Employed for the by Irving Hardesty (1901)
"Between these layers, identify the following sinuses : The large sinus transversus
situated in the tentorium cerebelli. At the mid-line this sinus is ..."
4. A Laboratory Manual of Human Anatomy by Lewellys Franklin Barker, Dean De Witt Lewis, Daniel Graisberry Revell (1904)
"transverse sinus (sinus transversus) (OT lateral sinus) and the superior ...
Study them in the following order: (a) Transverse sinus (sinus transversus) (0. ..."
5. The Medical Times and Gazette (1861)
"The tissues adjoining the mastoid process, viz., the dura mater, the carotis
interna, the vena jugularis interna, and the sinus transversus, ..."
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