dural venous sinuses

du·ral venous si·nus·es

[TA]

endothelium-lined venous channels in the dura mater.

Synonym(s): sinus durae matris [TA], cerebral sinuses, cranial sinuses, sinuses of dura mater, venous sinuses

dural venous sinuses

endothelial-lined spaces between the outer periosteal and inner meningeal layers of the dura mater into which empty the cerebral veins, the cerebellar veins, and the veins draining the brainstem and that lead to the internal jugular veins.

du·ral ve·nous si·nus·es

(dūr'ăl vē'nŭs sī'nŭs-ĕz) [TA]

Endothelium-lined venous channels in the dura mater.
Synonym(s): venous sinuses.