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Noun Concept
Categories: Medical mnemonics, Veins of the head and neck
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cavernous sinus  sinus cavernosus  cavernous  cavernous sinus syndrome  cavernous sinuses
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Either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity WordNet 3.0
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Either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The cavernous sinus within the human head is one of the dural venous sinuses creating a cavity called the lateral sellar compartment bordered by the temporal bone of the skull and the sphenoid bone, lateral to the sella turcica. Wikipedia
one of the dural venous sinuses Wikidata
IS A
venous sinus
dural venous sinuses
ANATOMICAL BRANCH OF
inferior ophthalmic vein
superior ophthalmic vein
central retinal vein
basilar plexus
sphenoparietal sinus
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LOCATION OF CREATION
inferior ophthalmic vein
middle cerebral vein
superior ophthalmic vein
sphenoparietal sinus
TOWARDS
superior petrosal sinus
inferior petrosal sinus
VENOUS DRAINAGE
superior petrosal sinus
inferior petrosal sinus
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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cavernous sinus, sinus cavernosus
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cavernous sinus
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cavernous sinus
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cavernous, cavernous sinus syndrome, cavernous sinuses, Cavernus sinus vein, Parasellar syndrome, Sinus cavernosus

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