How ‘skull drains’ keep the brain safe from damage and pathogens

Large veins called the venous sinuses help to drain fluid from the brain and skull.Credit: Zephyr/Science Photo Library

The brain’s sewerage system — a network of large veins embedded in a membrane close to the skull — does not contain…

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