Cistern of lateral cerebral fossa

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Cistern of lateral cerebral fossa
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Latin cisterna fossae lateralis cerebri [1]
TA98 A14.1.01.210
TA2 5394
FMA 83723
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The cistern of lateral cerebral fossa [1] (also cistern of the lateral sulcus, or Sylvian cistern [2] ) is an elongated [3] subarachnoid cistern formed by arachnoid mater bridging the lateral sulcus between the frontal, temporal, and parietal opercula. The cistern contains the middle cerebral artery (MCA) [2] and its branches, [4] and the two (i.e. superficial and deep) middle cerebral veins (MCVs). [2]

The cistern is subdivided into three compartments: the superficial opercular compartment (SOC) (most superficial), deep opercular compartment (DOC) (intermediate), and cisternal compartment (CC) (deepest). The SOC contains the superficial MCV, and distal branches of the MCA; the DOC contains the M3 segment of the MCA; the CC contains the M1 and M2 segments of MCA, and the deep MCV. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Anatonomina". www.terminologia-anatomica.org. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  2. 1 2 3 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)
  3. ↑ "cistern of lateral cerebral fossa". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  4. 1 2 Alvarez Toledo, Nilo; Munakomi, Sunil; Prestigiacomo, Charles J. (2023), "Neuroanatomy, Sylvian Fissure", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID   34662066 , retrieved 2023-08-03


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