The basilar plexus (transverse or basilar sinus) consists of several interlacing venous channels between the layers of the dura mater over the basilar part of the occipital bone (the clivus), and serves to connect the two inferior petrosal sinuses.
It communicates with the anterior vertebral venous plexus.
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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Veins (emissary, jugular and others) of head and neck (drainage patterns can vary) (TA A12.3.04–06, GA 7.644)
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| External jugular |
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Retromandibular
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maxillary (pterygoid plexus) · superficial temporal (anterior auricular)
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Direct
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posterior auricular
transverse cervical · suprascapular · anterior jugular (jugular venous arch)
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| Internal jugular |
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Diploic/brain
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Cerebral
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Superficial cerebral veins: superior · superficial middle · inferior · inferior anastomotic (Labbé) · superior anastomotic (Trolard)
Deep cerebral veins: great · internal (basal, deep middle, superior thalamostriate)
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Cerebellar
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superior · inferior
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Sinuses
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To COS
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superior sagittal · straight (inferior sagittal) · occipital
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To CS
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sphenoparietal · intercavernous
superior ophthalmic (ethmoidal, central retinal, nasofrontal, vorticose veins) · inferior ophthalmic
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To IJV
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sigmoid: transverse (petrosquamous) · superior petrosal
inferior petrosal (basilar plexus, internal auditory veins) · condylar
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Facial/common facial
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frontal · supraorbital · angular · superior labial · inferior labial · deep facial
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Direct
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lingual (dorsal lingual, deep lingual, sublingual) · pharyngeal · superior thyroid (superior laryngeal) · middle thyroid
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Vertebral
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occipital (occipital emissary) · suboccipital venous plexus
deep cervical
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Direct
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inferior thyroid (inferior laryngeal) · thymic
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M: VAS
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anat (a:h/u/t/a/l,v:h/u/t/a/l)/phys/devp/cell/prot
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noco/syva/cong/lyvd/tumr, sysi/epon, injr
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proc, drug (C2s+n/3/4/5/7/8/9)
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