- cisterna magna
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A region in the brain posterior to the medulla oblongata, below the cerebellum; cerebrospinal fluid enters from the fourth ventricle.
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Cisterna magna — Brain: Cisterna magna Diagram showing the positions of the three principal cisterns in the brain. The cisterna magna is visible at the lower right. Latin cisterna cerebellomedullaris Gray s … Wikipedia
cisterna magna — cisterna mag·na mag nə n, pl cisternae mag·nae .nē a large subarachnoid space between the caudal part of the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata * * * TA alternative for c. cerebellomedullaris posterior … Medical dictionary
cisterna magna — … Useful english dictionary
Magna — may refer to: Contents 1 Companies, products and institutions 2 Place names 2.1 Place names in England … Wikipedia
cisterna cerebelomedular — cisterna magna: espacio entre la cara inferior del cerebelo y la posterior del bulbo imagen anatómica [véase http://www.iqb.es/diccio/c/ci.htm#cisterna cerebelomedular] Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos.. Alvaro Galiano. 2010 … Diccionario médico
cisterna pontis — cisterna pontocerebellaris [TA] pontine cistern: a large space ventral to the pons, continuous posteriorly with the cisterna magna and rostrally with the interpeduncular cistern; the basilar artery runs through it. It may be considered to be… … Medical dictionary
cisterna mag|na — «MAG nuh», a large space in the brain enclosed by the arachnoid membrane, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata. ╂[< New Latin cisterna magna] … Useful english dictionary
magna — see CISTERNA MAGNA, THERAPIA STERILISANS MAGNA … Medical dictionary
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
cisterna — n.; pl. cisternae 1) one of the enlarged spaces beneath the arachnoid that act as reservoirs for cerebrospinal fluid. The largest (cisterna magna) lies beneath the cerebellum and behind the medulla oblongata. 2) a dilatation at the lower end of… … The new mediacal dictionary
