Cistern of great cerebral vein

Cistern of great cerebral vein
Details
Identifiers
Latin Cisterna venae magnae cerebri
Cisterna ambiens
Cisterna superior[1]
Dorlands
/Elsevier
c_37/12241916
TA A14.1.01.217
FMA 74511

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The cistern of great cerebral vein (quadrigeminal cistern, ambient cistern) is a dilation 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 chorioidea of the third ventricle and contains the great cerebral vein and the pineal gland.

Synonyms

Synonyms of cistern of great cerebral vein include: quadrigeminal cistern, ambient cistern, Bichat's canal, Bichat's foramen and superior cistern[1]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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