Cistern of lateral cerebral fossa

Cistern of lateral cerebral fossa
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Identifiers
Latin	cisterna fossae lateralis cerebri[1]
TA98	A14.1.01.210
TA2	5394
FMA	83723
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The cistern of lateral cerebral fossa^[1] (also cistern of the lateral sulcus, or Sylvian cistern^[2]) is an elongated^[3] subarachnoid cistern formed by arachnoid mater bridging the lateral sulcus between the frontal, temporal, and parietal opercula. The cistern contains the middle cerebral artery (MCA)^[2] and its branches,^[4] and the two (i.e. superficial and deep) middle cerebral veins (MCVs).^[2]

The cistern is subdivided into three compartments: the superficial opercular compartment (SOC) (most superficial), deep opercular compartment (DOC) (intermediate), and cisternal compartment (CC) (deepest). The SOC contains the superficial MCV, and distal branches of the MCA; the DOC contains the M3 segment of the MCA; the CC contains the M1 and M2 segments of MCA, and the deep MCV.^[4]

References

1. "Anatonomina". www.terminologia-anatomica.org. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
2. Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 413. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
3. "cistern of lateral cerebral fossa". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
4. Alvarez Toledo, Nilo; Munakomi, Sunil; Prestigiacomo, Charles J. (2023), "Neuroanatomy, Sylvian Fissure", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 34662066, retrieved 2023-08-03