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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gerontology. 2018 Jul 11;65(2):106–119. doi: 10.1159/000490349

Fig. 4. Medical illustration of lymphatic vessels associated with larger vessels of the dura.

Fig. 4

Medical illustration of the topography of the lymphatic vessel network imbedded in the dura (dura not shown) overlying the rodent brain based on work from several investigators [38,73,84]. A: Lateral view showing the dural sinuses including the superior sagittal sinus (SSS) and transverse sinus (TS). The lymphatic vessels are shown in green are running alongside the venous sinuses. Lymphatic vessels are also running alongside the middle meningeal artery (MMA), a larger dural artery originating from the external carotid artery. The lymphatic vessels (LV) drain into cervical lymph nodes including the deep cervical lymph nodes (DCLN). B: Top view of rat brain showing the topology of the lymphatic network associated with the dural sinuses and superficial veins. OFS = Olfactory sinus; SS=Sigmoid sinus.