pterygoid venous plexus (sinus)

A venous plexus on the infratemporal fossa. It drains veins accompanying the branches of the maxillary artery. It terminates in the maxillary vein posteriorly & the facial vein anteriorly.

General

plexus dural sinus

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999