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Abstract
The long large endothelium-lined venous channel on the top outer surface of the brain. It receives blood from a vein in the nasal cavity, runs backwards, and gradually increases in size as blood drains from veins of the brain and the DURA MATER. Near the lower back of the CRANIUM, the superior sagittal sinus deviates to one side (usually the right) and continues on as one of the TRANSVERSE SINUSES.
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- Sinus Sagittalis Superior
- Superior Longitudinal Sinus
- Longitudinal Sinus, Superior
- Sagittal Sinus, Superior
- Sinus, Superior Longitudinal
- Sinus, Superior Sagittal
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, ultrastructure, virology.
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2008
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- Cranial Sinuses (1967-2007)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Superior Sagittal Sinus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054063. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054063
- Superior Sagittal Sinus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_sagittal_sinus
- Superior Sagittal Sinus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4115976