English > venous sinus: 1 sense > noun 1, bodyMeaning | A wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel. |
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Synonym | sinus |
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Narrower | cavernous sinus, sinus cavernosus | Either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity |
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coronary sinus, sinus coronarius | A short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart |
sigmoid sinus, sinus sigmoideus | An S-shaped dural sinus on the temporal and occipital bones |
straight sinus, tentorial sinus, sinus rectus | An unpaired sinus of the dura mater |
transverse sinus, sinus transversus | A paired dural sinus |
Broader | duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel | A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance |
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Spanish | seno venoso |
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Catalan | si d'una vena |
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