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What is the destination of the blood flowing from each superior sinus?
What is the destination of the blood flowing from each superior sinus?
- Cavernous sinus
- Transverse sinus (correct)
- Internal jugular vein
- Sigmoid sinus
What is the destination of the blood flowing from each inferior sinus?
What is the destination of the blood flowing from each inferior sinus?
- Cavernous sinus
- Sigmoid sinus
- Transverse sinus
- Internal jugular vein (correct)
What is the name of the sinus that receives blood from the superior sagittal sinus and the straight sinus?
What is the name of the sinus that receives blood from the superior sagittal sinus and the straight sinus?
- Confluence of sinus (correct)
- Transverse sinus
- Sigmoid sinus
- Cavernous sinus
What is the name of the sinus that is located at the posterior cranial fossa?
What is the name of the sinus that is located at the posterior cranial fossa?
What is the name of the artery that supplies the dura mater in the anterior cranial fossa?
What is the name of the artery that supplies the dura mater in the anterior cranial fossa?
What is the name of the nerve that supplies the supratentorial part of the dura mater?
What is the name of the nerve that supplies the supratentorial part of the dura mater?
What is the name of the nerve that supplies the middle cranial fossa?
What is the name of the nerve that supplies the middle cranial fossa?
What is the name of the nerve that supplies the posterior cranial fossa?
What is the name of the nerve that supplies the posterior cranial fossa?
Where does the superior sagittal sinus groove?
Where does the superior sagittal sinus groove?
What is formed at the internal occipital protuberance?
What is formed at the internal occipital protuberance?
Where does the inferior sagittal sinus occupy?
Where does the inferior sagittal sinus occupy?
What is formed by the union of the inferior sagittal sinus with the great cerebral vein?
What is formed by the union of the inferior sagittal sinus with the great cerebral vein?
Which sinus is usually continuous with the superior sagittal sinus?
Which sinus is usually continuous with the superior sagittal sinus?
What do the transverse sinuses receive?
What do the transverse sinuses receive?
Where do the transverse sinuses occupy?
Where do the transverse sinuses occupy?
What do the transverse sinuses end as?
What do the transverse sinuses end as?
What is a characteristic feature of dural venous sinuses?
What is a characteristic feature of dural venous sinuses?
What is the primary function of the dural venous sinuses?
What is the primary function of the dural venous sinuses?
Which of the following dural venous sinuses is unpaired?
Which of the following dural venous sinuses is unpaired?
What is the connection between the dural venous sinuses and the diploic veins of the skull?
What is the connection between the dural venous sinuses and the diploic veins of the skull?
Where do the dural venous sinuses ultimately drain into?
Where do the dural venous sinuses ultimately drain into?
What is the location of the superior sagittal sinus?
What is the location of the superior sagittal sinus?
What is the purpose of the arachnoid granulation in relation to the dural venous sinuses?
What is the purpose of the arachnoid granulation in relation to the dural venous sinuses?
How many dural venous sinuses are paired?
How many dural venous sinuses are paired?
Study Notes
Cerebral Dura Mater
- Characterized by a distinct feature: dural venous sinuses
- Dural venous sinuses:
- Lined by endothelium, no muscular coat, and valveless
- Collect blood from the brain, meninges, orbit, internal ear, and diploe
- Connected to valveless emissary veins to maintain internal and external venous pressure
- Projected into by arachnoid granulation for CSF absorption
- Blood ultimately drains into internal jugular veins in the neck
Dural Venous Sinuses
- 9 sinuses:
- Superior sagittal sinus
- Inferior sagittal sinus
- Straight sinus
- Transverse sinus
- Sigmoid sinus
- Occipital sinus
- Superior petrosal sinus
- Inferior petrosal sinus
- Cavernous sinus
Superior Sagittal Sinus
- Occupies the upper fixed border of the falx cerebri
- Begins anteriorly at the foramen cecum, occasionally receiving a vein from the nasal cavity
- Drains the cavernous sinus into the transverse sinus
Arterial Supply of the Dura Mater
- Anterior meningeal arteries: from ethmoidal arteries and internal carotid
- Middle meningeal artery: from maxillary artery
- Emissary veins: between dural venous sinuses and external veins
- Diploic veins
- Cerebral veins
Nerve Supply
- Supratentorial part: supplied by the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve
- Anterior cranial fossa: supplied by anterior and posterior ethmoidal nerves and some twigs from the maxillary nerve
- Middle cranial fossa: supplied by the anteroposterior portion by a branch of the maxillary nerve and meningeal branches of the mandibular nerve
- Posterior cranial fossa: supplied by meningeal branches of the vagus and hypoglossal nerves
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Description
This quiz covers the characteristics and features of the cerebral dura mater and dural venous sinuses, including their structure and function. Topics include the endothelial lining, valveless nature, and connection to emissary veins and arachnoid granulation.
