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Maggie S M Chow1, Sharon L Wu1, Vivian Hui1
1School of Biomedical Sciences and School of Chinese Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Abstract:
This article highlighted three advances in the study of the cavernous sinus: (1) the initial formation of the sinus reticulum in early development of the sphenoid bone before ossification (2) extension of reticulum of the sinus and connection with other venules, and (3) the cavernous sinus and the nerves evolved inside this sinus during gestation, for example, the trigeminal nerve already formed bundles of motor and parasympathetic components during fetal development. This ontogenetic study further confirmed the cavernous sinus is not a single or a dual set of sinuses, but a group of extensions of venous sinuses or sinusoids. These new insights were integrated with previous understandings of the cavernous sinus to form this review article. Anat Rec, 301:819-824, 2018. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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