Chiasmatic cistern

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Chiasmatic cistern
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Latin cisterna chiasmatica,
cisterna chiasmatis
NeuroLex ID birnlex_4003
TA98 A14.1.01.211
TA2 5396
FMA 74515
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The chiasmatic cistern or suprasellar cistern is a small subarachnoid cistern related to the optic chiasm. [1] [2]

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Anatomy

The cistern is situated superior to the optic chiasm, and inferior to the rostrum of corpus callosum. [3]

The cistern is an extension of [1] /communicates inferiorly with the interpeduncular cistern. [2] The cistern of lamina terminalis connects the chiasmatic cistern with the pericallosal cistern. [4]

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It contains the anterior aspect of the optic chiasm and both optic nerves (CN II), the pituitary stalk, the origin of the anterior cerebral artery, [2] and the anterior communicating artery. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 413. ISBN   978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC   1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Shafique, Shiza; Rayi, Appaji (2023), "Anatomy, Head and Neck, Subarachnoid Space", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID   32491453 , retrieved 2023-08-01
  3. 1 2 Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 440. ISBN   978-0-7295-3752-0.
  4. ↑ J. Randy Jinkins (2000). "The Subarachnoid Cisterns, Fissures, and Spaces". Atlas of neuroradiologic embryology, anatomy, and variants. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 261. ISBN   0-7817-1652-7.


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