Prepontine cistern

Prepontine cistern
Diagram showing the positions of the three principal subarachnoid cisternæ. (Cisterna pontis labeled at left center.)
Scheme of roof of fourth ventricle. The arrow is in the foramen of Majendie.
1: Inferior medullary velum
2: Choroid plexus
3: Cerebellomedullary cistern of subarachnoid cavity
4: Central canal
5: Corpora quadrigemina
6: Cerebral peduncle
7: superior medullary velum
8: Ependymal lining of ventricle
9: Prepontine cistern of subarachnoid cavity
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Identifiers
Latincisterna pontis
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The prepontine cistern, or pontine cistern is one of the subarachnoid cisterns situated ventral to the pons. It contains the basilar artery. Each lateral aperture opens into the pontine cistern just posterior to the cranial nerve VIII.

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