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ambient cistern (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term cisterna ambiens (par)
Specific (formal) par cisternarum ambientium
Generic term cisterna ambiens
Official term ambient cistern (pair)
Formal official term pair of ambient cisterns
Generic term ambient cistern
Unit identifier TAH:U5117
Entity identifiers TAH:E5117; E40049; E40050; E40051
Unit type pair
Materiality immaterial
Navigation
Link to the unit ambient cistern (pair)
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 An ambient cistern is a caudal lateral cistern [cisterna lateralis caudalis ] which is located on the side of the midbrain [mesencephalon ] connecting the interpeduncular cistern [cisterna interpeduncularis ] and the quadrigeminal cistern [cisterna quadrigeminalis ].
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:U7739
infratentorial cisterns ZIZ
TAH:U7744
caudal lateral cisterns (pair) QIZ
TAH:U5117 ambient cistern (pair) PIQ
Taxonomy
Date: 17.06.2026