Transverse sinuses drain blood toward which veins?

Transverse sinuses drain blood toward which veins?

• A. Internal Jugular Veins
• B. Cavernous Sinus
• C. Superior Sagittal Sinus
• D. Sigmoid Sinuses

Answer: (A)

Blood from the brain collected in the dural venous sinuses flows along a defined path that ends in the internal jugular veins. The transverse sinuses run laterally from the confluence of sinuses and drain into the sigmoid sinuses, which then exit the skull as the internal jugular veins. So the transverse sinuses ultimately drain toward the internal jugular veins, even though the immediate downstream structure is the sigmoid sinuses. The cavernous sinus feeds into petrosal and then other sinuses before reaching the jugular system, and the superior sagittal sinus feeds into the transverse system rather than directly into the jugular veins.

Blood from the brain collected in the dural venous sinuses flows along a defined path that ends in the internal jugular veins. The transverse sinuses run laterally from the confluence of sinuses and drain into the sigmoid sinuses, which then exit the skull as the internal jugular veins. So the transverse sinuses ultimately drain toward the internal jugular veins, even though the immediate downstream structure is the sigmoid sinuses. The cavernous sinus feeds into petrosal and then other sinuses before reaching the jugular system, and the superior sagittal sinus feeds into the transverse system rather than directly into the jugular veins.