MeningesandBrain
1
Plate105
Skull sectioned horizontally:
superior view
Coronal section
through cavernous sinus:
posterior view
Superior sagittal sinus (
cut
)
Falx cerebri (
cut
)
Superior ophthalmic vein
Cavernous sinus
Transverse sinus
Straight sinus
Falx cerebri (
cut
)
Confluence of sinuses
Superior sagittal sinus (
cut
)
Cavernous sinus
Oculomotor nerve (III)
Trochlear nerve (IV)
Abducent nerve (VI)
Maxillary nerve (V
2
)
Ophthalmic nerve (V
1
)
Nasopharynx
Optic chiasm
Sphenoidal sinus
Great cerebral vein (of Galen)
Jugular foramen
Hypophysis (pituitary gland)
Optic nerve (II)
Internal carotid artery (cavernous segment)
Oculomotor nerve (III)
Sphenoparietal sinus
Trochlear nerve (IV)
Ophthalmic nerve (V
1
)
Maxillary nerve (V
2
)
Trigeminal ganglion
(gasserian)
Mandibular nerve (V
3
)
Middle meningeal artery
Abducent nerve (VI)
Petrosal vein
Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
Accessory nerve (XI)
Transverse sinus
Basilar
venous plexus
Superior
petrosal sinus
Inferior
petrosal sinus
Tentorial
artery
Sigmoid sinus (continuation
of transverse sinus)
Glossopharyngeal (IX)
and vagus (X) nerves
Posterior
communicating artery
Internal carotid
artery (cavernous
segment)
Hypophysis
(pituitary gland)
Tentorium
cerebelli
Inferior sagittal
sinus (
cut
)
Superficial middle
cerebral vein (
cut
)
Inferior
cerebral vein
(
cut
)
Facial nerve (VII), intermediate
nerve (of Wrisberg), and
vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)
Anterior and posterior
intercavernous
sinuses
DuralVenousSinuses(continued)
See±also±
Plate 87
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