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confluence of tentorial sinuses

Identification
Official Latin term confluens sinuum tentorii
Official term confluence of tentorial sinuses
Official FMA term
sinus confluence
Unit identifier TAH:U4557
Unit type single
Materiality material
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Partonomic links Level 2: cerebrospinal venous system Short Extended
Level 3: dural venous sinuses
Taxonomic links Level 2: anatomical joint Short Extended
Level 3: zone of continuity
Level 4: venous anastomosis
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Notes
Several Sinus durae matris have been added: 1) Sinus tentorii (Tentorial sinus; see Matsushima M, Suzuki SO, Fukui M, et al. 1989 Microsurgical anatomy of the tentorial sinuses. J Neurosurg 71:923-928); 2) A variable Sinus occipitalis obliquus (Oblique occipital sinus; see Tubbs RS, Bosmia An, Shoja MM, et al. 2011 The oblique occipital sinus: A review of anatomy and imaging characteristics. Surg Radiol Anat 33:747-749); 3) A variable Plexus venosus falcis (Venous plexus of falx; see Tubbs RS, Loukas M, Shoja MM, et al. 2007 Anatomy of the falcine venous plexus. J Neurosurg 107:155-157); 4) A variabe Sinus intercavernosus inferior (Inferior intercavernous sinus; see Tubbs RS, Griessenauer C, Loukas M, Cohen-Gadol A 2014 Circular sinus: An anatomical study with neurosurgical and neurointerventional applications. World Neurosurg 82:475-478).
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body
TAH:U3568
cardiovascular system SOS
TAH:U10382
cerebrospinal venous system SOS
TAH:U4588
cerebral venous system SOS
TAH:U4555
dural venous sinuses TOS
TAH:U4557 confluence of tentorial sinuses SOT
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Date: 21.06.2025