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CISTERNA SUPERIORIS

An expansion of the subarachnoid space extending forward between the corpus callosum and the thalamus; it encloses the inside cerebral veins which caudally join to form the vena magna cerebri (Galen's vein). Synonym: ambient cistern, Bichat's canal, Bichat's foramen, cistern of great vein of cerebrum, cisterna ambiens, cisterna superioris, cisterna venae magnae cerebri, superior cistern.
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