confluence of the sinuses
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Related to confluence of the sinuses: Torcular Herophili, Confluens of the sinuses
confluence of the sinuses
The dilated posterior end of the superior sagittal sinus in the skull. This dilation joins one of the transverse sinuses (usually the right), which drains the blood from the superior sagittal sinus toward the internal jugular vein. The other transverse sinus and the occipital sinus also connect to the confluence of the sinuses.)
See also: sinus