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The chiasmatic cistern or suprasellar cistern is a small subarachnoid cistern related to the optic chiasm.

Anatomy

The cistern is situated superior to the optic chiasm, and inferior to the rostrum of corpus callosum.

The cistern is an extension of/communicates inferiorly with the interpeduncular cistern. The cistern of lamina terminalis connects the chiasmatic cistern with the pericallosal cistern.

Contents

It contains the anterior aspect of the optic chiasm and both optic nerves (CN II), the pituitary stalk, the origin of the anterior cerebral artery, and the anterior communicating artery.

References

1. ^ 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)
2. ^ Shafique, Shiza; Rayi, Appaji (2023), "Anatomy, Head and Neck, Subarachnoid Space", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 32491453, retrieved 2023-08-01
3. ^ Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 440. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.
4. J. Randy Jinkins (2000). "The Subarachnoid Cisterns, Fissures, and Spaces". Atlas of neuroradiologic embryology, anatomy, and variants. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 261. ISBN 0-7817-1652-7.

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