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Identification
Official term
Unit identifier TAH:U5115
Unit type single
Materiality immaterial
Navigation
Link to the unit chiasmatic cistern
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: meninges Short Extended
Level 3: arachnoid Short Extended
Level 4: cranial subarachnoid cisterns
Taxonomic links Level 1: immaterial entity Short Extended
Level 2: anatomical space Short Extended
Level 3: space of compartment of head
Level 4: cranial subarachnoid cistern
Language combinations
Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition The chiasmatic cistern is a rostral basal cistern [cisterna basalis rostralis ] which is positioned below the optic chiasm [chiasma opticum ] and around the hypophysial stalk [tractus hypophysialis ]
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body top
TAH:U5062
nervous system SOS
TAH:U5068
central nervous system SOS
TAH:U5090
meninges SOS
TAH:U7800
leptomeningeal pouch SOS
TAH:U5092
leptomeninxes TOS
TAH:U5105
arachnoid SOT
TAH:U7796
cranial subarachnoid space MES
TAH:U5111
cranial subarachnoid cisterns ZIM
TAH:U7748
supratentorial cisterns ZIZ
TAH:U7750
rostral basal cisterns NIZ
TAH:U5115 chiasmatic cistern MIN
Taxonomy
Date: 17.06.2026