Petrosquamous sinus
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| Petrosquamous sinus | |
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| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | sinus petrosquamosus |
| TA98 | A12.3.05.107 |
| TA2 | 4851 |
| FMA | 50777 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The petrosquamous sinus is a fetal vein that generally disappears by birth[1] and, when present, runs backward along the junction of the squama and petrous portion of the temporal, and opens into the transverse sinus.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 658 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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