National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Sphenoparietal Sinus

Synonyms

Sphenoparietal Sinus

Definitions

A dural venous sinus located along the posteroinferior ridge of the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, which drains into the cavernous sinus and receives tributaries from the superficial middle cerebral vein, veins from the temporal lobe, the anterior temporal diploic vein, and, sometimes, the frontal ramus of the middle meningeal vein.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33585

code

C33585

DEFINITION

A dural venous sinus located along the posteroinferior ridge of the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, which drains into the cavernous sinus and receives tributaries from the superficial middle cerebral vein, veins from the temporal lobe, the anterior temporal diploic vein, and, sometimes, the frontal ramus of the middle meningeal vein.

FULL_SYN

Sphenoparietal Sinus

label

Sphenoparietal Sinus

Legacy Concept Name

Sphenoparietal_Sinus

Preferred_Name

Sphenoparietal Sinus

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C33585

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0226866

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C25762

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