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Basilar venous plexus

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Basilar venous plexus
The sinuses at the base of the skull
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Identifiers
Latinplexus venosus basilaris
TA98A12.3.05.106
TA24866
FMA50783
Anatomical terminology

The basilar venous plexus (transverse or basilar sinus) is a venous plexus of dural venous sinuses situated upon the clivus and posterior aspect of the dorsum sellae of sphenoid bone. It interconnects the two cavernous sinuses as well as the origins of the petrous sinuses.[1]

It communicates with the anterior vertebral venous plexus.

Clinical significance

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The basilar venous plexus can sometimes be involved in certain medical conditions, such as a posterior circulation infarction and a cavernous sinus thrombosis.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "plexus veineux basilaire - Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine". www.academie-medecine.fr. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  2. ^ Tubbs, RS; Hansasuta, A; Loukas, M; Louis RG, Jr; Shoja, MM; Salter, EG; Oakes, WJ (October 2007). "The basilar venous plexus". Clinical Anatomy. 20 (7): 755–9. doi:10.1002/ca.20494. PMID 17415743.

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 660 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)