confluence of sinuses


confluence

 [kon´floo-ens] a running together; a meeting of streams.confluence of sinuses the dilated point of confluence of the superior sagittal, straight, occipital, and two transverse sinuses of the dura mater.

con·flu·ence of si·nus·es

[TA] a meeting place, at the internal occipital protuberance, of the superior sagittal, straight, and occipital sinuses, drained by the two transverse sinuses of the dura mater. Synonym(s): confluens sinuum [TA]

con·flu·ence of si·nus·es

(kon-flūĕns sīnŭs-ĕz) [TA] Meeting place, at the internal occipital protuberance, of the superior sagittal, straight, and occipital sinuses, drained by the two transverse sinuses of the dura mater.