chiasmatic cistern

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| Latin = cisterna chiasmatica,
cisterna chiasmatis

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The chiasmatic cistern or suprasellar cistern is a small subarachnoid cistern related to the optic chiasm.{{Cite book |last=Standring |first=Susan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1201341621 |title=Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-7020-7707-4 |edition=42th |location=New York |pages=413 |oclc=1201341621}}{{Citation |last1=Shafique |first1=Shiza |title=Anatomy, Head and Neck, Subarachnoid Space |date=2023 |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557521/ |work=StatPearls |access-date=2023-08-01 |place=Treasure Island (FL) |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |pmid=32491453 |last2=Rayi |first2=Appaji}}

Anatomy

The cistern is situated superior to the optic chiasm, and inferior to the rostrum of corpus callosum.{{Cite book |last=Sinnatamby |first=Chummy S. |title=Last's Anatomy |publisher= |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7295-3752-0 |edition=12th |pages=440}}

The cistern is an extension of/communicates inferiorly with the interpeduncular cistern. The cistern of lamina terminalis connects the chiasmatic cistern with the pericallosal cistern.{{cite book |author=J. Randy Jinkins |title=Atlas of neuroradiologic embryology, anatomy, and variants |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |year=2000 |isbn=0-7817-1652-7 |page=261 |chapter=The Subarachnoid Cisterns, Fissures, and Spaces}}

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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, and the anterior communicating artery.

References

External links

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Category:Meninges