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Sphenoparietal sinus

Vein: Sphenoparietal sinus

The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Sphenoparietal sinus labeled at upper right.)
Latin	sinus sphenoparietalis
Gray's	subject #171 658
Drains from	superficial middle cerebral vein (by tradition)^[1]
Source	diploic veins, meningeal veins
Drains to	cavernous sinus
Dorlands/Elsevier	s_12/12739256

The cavernous sinus receives the superior ophthalmic vein through the superior orbital fissure, some of the cerebral veins, and also the small sphenoparietal sinus, which courses along the under surface of the small wing of the sphenoid.

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References

^ 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. PMID 14729539.

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v • d • e Veins of head and neck
head and face	common facial • facial (frontal, supraorbital, angular, superior labial, inferior labial, deep facial) • pterygoid plexus retromandibular (maxillary) • superficial temporal (anterior auricular) • posterior auricular occipital • suboccipital venous plexus
neck	internal jugular: lingual • pharyngeal • superior thyroid • middle thyroid other jugular veins: external • anterior • arch vertebral (deep cervical)
diploic/brain	cerebral: superior • middle • inferior • great • internal (basal) cerebellar: superior • inferior
sinuses of the dura mater	sigmoid • transverse (petrosquamous) confluence: superior sagittal • straight (inferior sagittal) • occipital cavernous (sphenoparietal) • inferior petrosal (basilar plexus) • intercavernous • superior petrosal • emissary
ophthalmic	superior ophthalmic • central retinal • nasofrontal • inferior ophthalmic • vorticose veins
internal auditory veins