Premedullary cistern
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The premedullary cistern is one of the subarachnoid cerebrospinal fluid cisterns.
Gross anatomy
It extends from pontomedullary junction above to foramen magnum below between lower clivus and anterior medulla.
It is separated from the prepontine cistern above by the medial pontomedullary membrane.
Contents
It contains several vessels and nerves:
- vertebrobasilar confluence
- anterior spinal artery
- posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA)
- hypoglossal nerve(CN XII)
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- +<a title="Hypoglossal nerve" href="/articles/hypoglossal-nerve">hypoglossal nerve</a> <a href="/articles/hypoglossal-nerve">(CN XII)</a>
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References changed:
- 1. Thomas P. Naidich, Mauricio Castillo, Soonmee Cha, James G. Smirniotopoulos. Imaging of the Brain, Expert Radiology Series,1. <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=ISBN9781416050094">ISBN: 1416050094</a><span class="ref_v4"></span>
- 1. Thomas P. Naidich, Mauricio Castillo, Soonmee Cha, James G. Smirniotopoulos. Imaging of the Brain, Expert Radiology Series,1. <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=ISBN9781416050094">ISBN: 1416050094</a><span class="ref_v4"></span>
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