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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System

Straight Sinus: Single, Doubled, Tripled.

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


Image of straight sinus

Schematic drawing of the straight sinus variations (modified from Kalbag and Woolf [1976]). CS comfluens sinuum; SS - Straight Sinus; RTS - Right Transverse Sinus; LTS - Left Transverse Sinus; SSS - Superior Sagittal Sinus; JB - Superior Jugular Bulb; JV - Internal Jugular Vein; Sup. SS - Superior Straight Sinus; Inf. SS - Inferior Straight Sinus; LSS - Left Straight Sinus; RSS Right Straight Sinus; MSS - Middle Straight Sinus.

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