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Basal cisternae

Interpeduncular cistern
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Diagram showing the positions of the three principal subarachnoid cisternæ. (Interpeduncular cistern labeled at left center.)
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Identifiers
Latin Cisterna interpeduncularis,
cisterna basalis
Dorlands
/Elsevier
c_37/12241870
TA A14.1.01.212
FMA 83718
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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It encloses the cerebral peduncles and the structures contained in the interpeduncular fossa, and contains the arterial circle of Willis as well as the occulomotor nerve (CN3).

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




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