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Sphenoparietal sinus
The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Sphenoparietal sinus labeled at upper right.)
Details
Drains from	Superficial middle cerebral vein (by tradition)
Source	Diploic veins, meningeal veins
Drains to	Cavernous sinus
Identifiers
Latin	sinus sphenoparietalis
TA98	A12.3.05.119
TA2	4861
FMA	50776
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The sphenoparietal sinus is a paired dural venous sinus situated along the posterior edge of the lesser wing of either sphenoid bone. It drains into the cavernous sinus.

Anatomy

A sphenoparietal sinus is situated under each lesser wing of the sphenoid bone near the posterior edge of this bone, between the anterior cranial fossa and middle cranial fossa. It terminates by draining into the anterior part of the cavernous sinus.

Tributaries

A sphenoparietal sinus receives small veins from the adjacent dura and sometimes the frontal ramus of the middle meningeal vein, communicating rami from the superficial middle cerebral vein, temporal lobe veins, and the anterior temporal diploic veins.

References

1. San Millán Ruíz D, Fasel J, Rüfenacht D, Gailloud P (2004). "The sphenoparietal sinus of Breschet: does it exist? An anatomic study". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 25 (1): 112–20. PMC 7974157. PMID 14729539.
2. ^ Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice. Susan Standring (Forty-second ed.). . 2021. p. 404. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

Additional images

• Human brain dura mater (reflections)

• Anatomy

• Veins of the head and neck