Cisterns - important

Question 1

Subarachnoid pathway (Cistern) 
-> II. Optic nerve

Answer 1

Chiasmatic cistern

Question 2

Subarachnoid pathway (Cistern) 
-> III. Oculomotor nerve

Answer 2

Interpeduncular cistern

Question 3

Subarachnoid pathway (Cistern) 
->Trochlear nerve

Answer 3

1. Quadrigeminal cistern (initial part)

2. Ambiens cistern (encircling the brainstem)

Question 4

Subarachnoid pathway (Cistern) 
->Trigeminal nerve

Answer 4

Lateral pontine cistern (pontocerebellar cistern)

Question 5

Subarachnoid pathway (Cistern) 
->Abducent nerve

Answer 5

Median pontine cistern (pontomedullary cistern)

Question 6

Subarachnoid pathway (Cistern) 
->Facial nerve

Answer 6

Lateral pontine cistern (pontocerebellar cistern)

Question 7

Subarachnoid pathway (Cistern) 
->Vestibulocochlear nerve

Answer 7

Lateral pontine cistern (pontocerebellar cistern)

Question 8

the third ventricle, the cistern of the lamina terminalis is continuous inferiorly with ____

Answer 8

the chiasmatic cistern.