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Intercavernous sinuses

Field	Value
Name	Intercavernous sinuses
Latin	sini intercavernosi
Image	Gray488.png
Caption	Dural veins
Image2	Gray570.png
Caption2	The sinuses at the base of the skull. (Visible as light blue circle at center.)

The intercavernous sinuses are two in number, an anterior and a posterior, and connect the two cavernous sinuses across the middle line.

The anterior passes in front of the hypophysis cerebri (pituitary gland), the posterior behind it, and they form with the cavernous sinuses a venous circle (circular sinus) around the hypophysis.

The anterior one is usually the larger of the two, and one or other is occasionally absent.

References

{{DorlandsDict. nine/000957001. Intercavernous sinuses

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