Cavernous sinus

Cavernous sinus
Cavernous sinus
	Cavernous sinus (center, labeled "SIN. CAVERN.")
	The sinuses at the base of the skull. Cavernous sinus labeled in red
Details
Source	Middle cerebral vein, sphenoparietal sinus, superior ophthalmic vein, inferior ophthalmic vein
Drains to	Inferior petrosal sinus, superior petrosal sinus
Identifiers
Latin	sinus cavernosus
MeSH	D002426
TA98	A12.3.05.116
TA2	4860
FMA	50772
	Anatomical terminology

The cavernous sinus within the human head is one of the dural venous sinuses^[1] creating a cavity called the lateral sellar compartment bordered by the temporal bone of the skull and the sphenoid bone, lateral to the sella turcica.

^ Yasuda; et al. (Jun 2008). "Microsurgical anatomy and approaches to the cavernous sinus". Neurosurgery. 62 (6 Suppl 3): 1240–63. doi:10.1227/01.neu.0000333790.90972.59. PMID 18695545. S2CID 21204727.