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Definition of Sinus sigmoideus
1. Noun. An S-shaped dural sinus on the temporal and occipital bones.
Medical Definition of Sinus sigmoideus
1. The S-shaped dural venous sinus lying deep to the mastoid process of the temporal bone and immediately posterior to the petrous temporal bone; it is continuous with the transverse sinus and empties into the internal jugular vein as it passes through the jugular foramen. Synonym: sinus sigmoideus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinus Sigmoideus
Literary usage of Sinus sigmoideus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the ear in childhood: By Dr. Gustav Alexander, Tr. by Arthur J by Gustav Alexander, Arthur Joseph Bedell (1914)
"... blood has but little motion, although the possibility of currents at the knee
of the sinus sigmoideus and the head of the bulbus jugularis is admitted. ..."
2. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciencesedited by [Anonymus AC02809657] edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1889)
"... he was able to make the clinical diagnosis in a third, and reach a complete
recovery by perforation of the mastoid, as far as the sinus sigmoideus, ..."
3. Practical Pathology for Students and Physicians by Aldred Scott Warthin (1897)
"The sinus sigmoideus - is removed with the ear-organs as it is often necessary
to trace the relation between pathologic changes of the middle ear and of ..."
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