Superior cistern
The superior cistern (cistern of great cerebral vein, quadrigeminal cistern, ambient cistern) is a dilation as a subarachnoid cistern of the subarachnoid space between the splenium of the corpus callosum and the superior surface of the cerebellum; it extends between the layers of the tela choroidea of the third ventricle and contains the great cerebral vein and the pineal gland.
| Superior cistern | |
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| Latin | Cisterna superior Cisterna venae magnae cerebri Cisterna ambiens [1] |
| TA | A14.1.01.217 |
| FMA | 74511 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
Synonyms
Other synonyms are cistern of great cerebral vein, quadrigeminal cistern, ambient cistern, Bichat's canal, and Bichat's foramen.[1]
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 877 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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