Groove for sigmoid sinus

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Bone: Groove for sigmoid sinus
Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Groove for sigmoid sinus not labeled, but Posterior cranial fossa is the bottommost of the three depressions.)
Dural veins. ("Pars sigmoid" labeled at lower right.)
Latin	sulcus sinus sigmoidei ossis parietalis
Dorlands / Elsevier	s_28/12769842

Groove for Sigmoid Sinus is a groove in the posterior cranial fossa.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Sigmoid sinus

[edit] References

1. ^ Cancer Web: Sigmoid Sulcus

[edit] External links

• http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/labs/l22/os0808.htm

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