How To Use Transverse sinus In A Sentence
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The cul-de-sac enclosed between the limbs of the U lies behind the left atrium and is known as the oblique sinus, while the passage between the venous and arterial mesocardiai. e., between the aorta and pulmonary artery in front and the atria behindis termed the transverse sinus.
V. Angiology. 4a. The Pericardium
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The position of the transverse sinus is obtained by taking two lines: the first from the inion to a point 2.5 cm. behind the auricular point; the second from the anterior end of the first to the tip of the mastoid process.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 2. Surface Markings of Special Regions of the Head and Neck
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Behind either condyle is a depression, the condyloid fossa, which receives the posterior margin of the superior facet of the atlas when the head is bent backward; the floor of this fossa is sometimes perforated by the condyloid canal, through which an emissary vein passes from the transverse sinus.
II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone
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This groove lodges the terminal part of the transverse sinus, and opening into it, close to its medial margin, is the orifice of the condyloid canal.
II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone
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The line of the lower margin behind is that of the transverse sinus (see page 1294), or more roughly a line convex upward from the inion to the posterior root of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone; thence along the posterior two-thirds of the upper border of the zygomatic arch where the line turns up to the pterion; the front part of the lower margin extends from the pterion to the glabella about 1 cm. above the supraorbital margin.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 2. Surface Markings of Special Regions of the Head and Neck
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It is perforated by numerous foramina; one of these, of large size, situated near the posterior border, is termed the mastoid foramen; it transmits a vein to the transverse sinus and a small branch of the occipital artery to the dura mater.
II. Osteology. 5a. 4. The Temporal Bone