Cisterns

Question 1

What opens into the cerebellomedullary cistern?

Answer 1

Medial Aperture of Magendi

Question 2

Content of median pontinen cistern

Answer 2

Part of basilar a.
Initial part of AICA
Abducent nerve

Question 3

Content of interpeduncular cistern?

Answer 3

Part of basilar a.
Initial part of superior cerebellar a.
Initial part of Posterior cerebral a.
Oculomotor n.

Question 4

Content of chiasmatic cistern

Answer 4

Optic nerve 
Optic tract 
Optic chiasm
Infundibulum
Pituitary stalk

Question 5

Content of the cistern of LT

Answer 5

Initial ACAs

Anterior communicating a.

Question 6

Content of the supracolossal cistern

Answer 6

Anterior cerebral arteries with branches

Question 7

Content of the cistern of the Great cerebral vein

Answer 7

Great vein of galenos
Pineal body
PCAs

Question 8

Content of lateral pontine cistern

Answer 8

Lateral aperture of LUSCHKA
Flowerbasket of BOCHDALEK
AICA 
Labyrinthine a. 
Trigerminal n. 
Facial n. 
Vestibulococlear n.

Question 9

Content of ambien cistern

Answer 9

Trochlear n.
Superior cerebellar a.
Posterior cerebral a.
Basal vein of Rosenhal

Question 10

Content of the crura cistern?

Answer 10

Anterior choroid a.

Question 11

Content of the cistern of lateral fossa?

Answer 11

Middle cerebral a.

Important because It leads the CSF from the basal surface to the dorsal surface of the brain

Question 12

Content of the corotic cistern

Answer 12

Part of ICA
Iinitial opthalmin a.
Posterior communicating a.
Anterior choroidal a.