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dural venous sinus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
du-ral ve-nous s-i-nus
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of numerous venous channels (as the sagittal sinuses, straight sinus, and transverse sinuses) that are situated between the two layers of the dura mater, that have no valves, and that drain blood from the brain and the bones forming the cranium and empty it into the internal jugular vein.

Inflected Forms

dural venous sinuses (plural)

Synonyms

cerebral sinus cranial sinus dural sinus sinus of the dura mater

Questions

What does dural venous sinus mean?
Any of numerous venous channels (as the sagittal sinuses, straight sinus, and transverse sinuses) that are situated between the two layers of the dura mater, that have no valves, and that drain blood from the brain and the bones forming the cranium and empty it into the internal jugular vein.

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