Groove for transverse sinus

Groove for transverse sinus
Human skull (parietal bones removed). Position of groove for transverse sinus shown in red .
Interior surface of Occipital bone. (Groove for transverse sinus runs laterally on either side of the internal occipital protuberance.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Sulcus sinus transversi
Dorlands /Elsevier	p_38/12673898
TA	A02.1.04.031
FMA	75335
Anatomical terms of bone

Along the internal surface of the occipital bone, running laterally between the superior and inferior fossae of the cruciform eminence is the groove for transverse sinus. The transverse sinuses travel along this groove.

Additional images

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  Position of groove for transverse sinus (shown in red). Animation.
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  Occipital bone. Groove for transverse sinus shown in red. Animation.
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  Base of the skull. Upper surface. Groove for transverse sinus shown in red.
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  Base of the skull. Upper surface. Groove for transverse sinus labelled at bottom.
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  Base of the skul. Upper surface. (Occipital bone is in blue at bottom, and groove for transverse sinus runs horizontally.)
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  Base of the skull. Upper surface. Groove for transverse sinus not labelled, but visible at bottom.
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  Base of the skull. Upper surface. Transverse sinuses are drawn at bottom.

See also

• Internal occipital protuberance
• Occipital bone
• Transverse sinus

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Groove for transverse sinus.

• "Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. 
• Diagram at uni-mainz.de