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Descriptor English: Cisterna Magna
Descriptor Spanish: Cisterna Magna
Descriptor cisterna magna
Entry term(s) cisterna cerebelomedular
Scope note: Una de las tres dilataciones principales del ESPACIO SUBARACNOIDEO. También se conoce como cisterna cerebelomedular y, al conjunto, como cisternas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cisterna Magna
Descriptor French: Citerne cérébellomédullaire postérieure
Entry term(s): Magna, Cisterna
Tree number(s): A08.186.566.166.686.351
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002946
Scope note: One of three principal openings in the SUBARACHNOID SPACE. They are also known as cerebellomedullary cistern, and collectively as cisterns.
Annotation: /surg: VENTRICULOCISTERNOSTOMY see VENTRICULOSTOMY is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Ventriculostomy MeSH
DeCS ID: 2972
Unique ID: D002946
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/16
Cisterna Magna - Preferred
Concept UI M0004510
Scope note One of three principal openings in the SUBARACHNOID SPACE. They are also known as cerebellomedullary cistern, and collectively as cisterns.
Preferred term Cisterna Magna
Entry term(s) Magna, Cisterna



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