Cerebellopontine cistern
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Identifiers
Latincisterna pontocerebellaris[1]
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The cerebellopontine cistern[2] (also pontocerebellar cistern,[1] cerebellopontine angle cistern, or angle cistern[2]) is a paired subarachnoid cistern at the cerebellopontine angle, an angle created between the cerebellum and the pons on either side. Each cerebellopontine cistern is continuous anteromedially with the pontine cistern.[2]

The cistern contains the (ipsilateral) trigeminal nerve (CN V), facial nerve (CN VII), and vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII), the anterior inferior cerebellar artery, and superior petrosal vein.[2]

Etymology

The Terminologia Anatomica acknowledges the term "pontocerebellar cistern" (Latin: cisterna pontocerebellaris)[1] but not "pontocerebellar cistern".[3] For the term "cerebellopontine angle", it lists the Latin synonym "angulus pontocerebellaris".[4]

The 8th edition of Clinically Oriented Anatomy considers the term "cerebellopontine cistern" as a synonym for "pontine cistern".[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anatonomina". www.terminologia-anatomica.org. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ "Anatonomina". www.terminologia-anatomica.org. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  4. ↑ "Anatonomina". www.terminologia-anatomica.org. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  5. ↑ Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2018). Clinically Oriented Anatomy (8th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. p. 889. ISBN 978-1-4963-4721-3.
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