English Dictionary

transverse sinus

名詞

(anatomy) Either of two large venous sinuses of the cranium that begin at the bony protuberance on the middle of the inner surface of the occipital bone at the intersection of its bony ridges and that terminate at the jugular foramen on either side to become the internal jugular vein.

日本語の意味

頭蓋内にある2つの大きな静脈洞のうちの一方。後頭骨内面の中間部分にある骨隆起から始まり、各側の静脈孔で内頸静脈へと合流する。

During the dissection, the students carefully exposed the transverse sinus to observe how blood drains from the back of the skull into the internal jugular vein.

解剖実習で学生たちは、後頭骨の内側の隆起に始まり頸静脈孔で内頸静脈になる左右の大きな静脈洞の一つである横静脈洞を慎重に露出し、頭蓋後部から血液が内頸静脈へ流れる様子を観察した。

意味（1）

(anatomy) Either of two large venous sinuses of the cranium that begin at the bony protuberance on the middle of the inner surface of the occipital bone at the intersection of its bony ridges and that terminate at the jugular foramen on either side to become the internal jugular vein.

Holonym: dural venous sinus

transverse sinuses （ plural ）