Subarachnoid Cisterns

Question 1

This lies between the splenium above and the vermis below and its limited posteriorly by the tent proud and falx

Answer 1

Quadrigeminal cistern

Question 2

Other name of the quadrigrminal cistern

Answer 2

Cistern of the great vein

Question 3

This lies between the anterior part of the floor of the 3rd ventricle and above the diaphragma sellae below

Answer 3

Suprasellar cistern

Question 4

What are the 5 corners of the superasellar cistern

Answer 4

Interhemispheric

Sylvian cisterns

Ambient cisterns

Interpeduncular fossa

Question 5

Lies between the pons and the clivus and is continuous below with the cisterna magna and above with the interpeduncular cistern

Answer 5

Pontine cisterns

Question 6

Lies between the cerebral peduncles of the midbrain and dorsum sellae

Answer 6

Interpeduncular cistern

Question 7

Extends around both sides of the midbrain between the interpeduncular cistern anteriorly and the quadrigrminal cistern posteriorly

Answer 7

Ambient cistern