cisterna cruralis
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cisterna — SYN: cistern. [L. an underground cistern for water, fr. cista, a box] c. ambiens [TA] SYN: ambient cistern. c. basalis SYN: interpeduncular cistern. c. caryothecae the space between the internal and external membranes of the nuclear … Medical dictionary
cistern — 1. [TA] Any cavity or enclosed space serving as a reservoir, especially for chyle, lymph, or cerebrospinal fluid. 2. An ultramicroscopic space occurring between the membranes of the flattened sacs of the endoplasmic reticulum … Medical dictionary
crural cistern — the subarachnoid space between the crus cerebri of the midbrain and the parahippocampal gyrus; it contains the anterior choroidal and medial posterior choroidal arteries and the basal vein. Called also cisterna cruralis … Medical dictionary
