Basilar plexus

Basilar plexus

The sinuses at the base of the skull
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Identifiers
Latin Plexus basilaris
Dorlands
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p_24/12647562
TA A12.3.05.106
FMA 50783

Anatomical terminology

The basilar plexus (transverse or basilar sinus) consists of several interlacing venous channels between the layers of the dura mater over the basilar part of the occipital bone (the clivus), and serves to connect the two inferior petrosal sinuses.

It communicates with the anterior vertebral venous plexus.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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