suprasellar cistern

The term suprasellar cistern refers to a surface feature of the cranium at the base of the cranial vault. It includes the medial parts of the anterior basal cistern and the posterior basal cistern ( Schiebler-1999 ). It is located under the hypothalamus in the cerebrospinal fluid-filled space between the left and right anterior parahippocampal gyrus. It is "roughly the shape of a pentagon at the level of the optic chiasm and of a six-point star at the level of the cerebral peduncle." ( Radiopaedia-2024 ). Updated 9 Jun 2024.

Also known as: chiasmatic cistern, pentagon of basal cisterns, suprasellar cistern

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supracellar cistern

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acronym

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human

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NeuroNames

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University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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NeuroNames

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chiasmatic cistern

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English

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human

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Schiebler-1999

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Eighth Edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1999.

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Anatomie

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pentagon of basal cisterns

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English

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human

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Schiebler-1999

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Eighth Edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1999.

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Anatomie

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suprasellar cistern

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English

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human

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Radiopaedia-2024

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/suprasellar-cistern

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Suprasellar cistern

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