Subarachnoid cisterns

Question 1

Cerebellomedullary cistern

Answer 1

Location: between medulla + inf cerebellum
Content: foramen Magendie

Question 2

Median pontine cistern/ prepontine

Answer 2

Location: between clivus+ pons
Content: basilar artery, AICA, abducent nerve

Question 3

Interpeduncular cistern

Answer 3

Location: interpeduncular fossa
Content: basilar artery, superior cerebellar artery, posterior cerebral artery, oculomotor nerve

Question 4

Supracallosal cistern

Answer 4

Location: above corpus callosum
Content: anterior cerebral artery

Question 5

Cistern of great cerebral vein

Answer 5

Location: between lamina tact + splenium of cc
Content: pineal body, great cerebral vein, posterior cerebral artery

Question 6

Lateral pontine/ Pontocerebellar cistern

Answer 6

Location: from cerebellopontine angle to trigeminal cave + internal acoustic meatus
Content: foramen of Luschka, flower basket of Bochdalek, AICA, labyrinthine artery, facial nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, trigeminal nerve

Question 7

Ambiens cistern

Answer 7

Location: lateral surface of midbrain
Content: trochlear nerve, posterior cerebral artery, superior cerebellar artery, basal vein

Question 8

Cistern of lateral fossa

Answer 8

Location: lateral cerebral sulcus
Content: middle cerebral artery