Medical Definition of Splenic sinus

1. An elongated venous channel, 12 to 40 um wide, lined by rod-shaped cells. Synonym: sinus lienis. Straight sinus, an unpaired dural venous sinus in the posterior part of the falx cerebri where it is attached to the tentorium cerebelli; it is formed anteriorly by the merging of the great cerebral vein with the inferior sagittal sinus, and passes horizontally and posteriorly to the confluence of sinuses. Synonym: sinus rectus, tentorial sinus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Splenic Sinus

splenic fever
splenic flexure
splenic flexure narrowing
splenic flexure syndrome
splenic index
splenic infarction
splenic leukaemia
splenic lymph follicles
splenic lymph nodes
splenic lymph nodules
splenic plexus
splenic portal venography
splenic pulp
splenic recess
splenic rupture
splenic sinus (current term)
splenic vein
splenical
splenick
spleniculus
spleniform
splenii
splenike
spleniserrate
splenish
splenitis
splenium
splenium corporis callosi
splenium of corpus callosum
spleniums

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