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superior sagittal sinus

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001642

The superior sagittal sinus (also known as the superior longitudinal sinus), within a human cranium, is an area above/behind the brain, which allows blood veins to span the area, from the top of the head towards the back. It is believed that the cerebrospinal fluid drains through the arachnoid granulations into the dural venous sinuses of the superior sagittal sinus. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_sagittal_sinus ]

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uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Gray488_blue.gif

has related synonym

sinus sagittalis superior

id

UBERON:0001642

prefLabel

Superior sagittal sinus

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606