cistern puncture

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• puncture — 1. To make a hole with a small pointed object, such as a needle. 2. A prick or small hole made with a pointed instrument. [L. punctura, fr. pungo, pp. punctus, to prick] Bernard p. SYN: diabetic p.. cisternal p. passage of a hollow needle through …   Medical dictionary

• cistern — 1. [TA] Any cavity or enclosed space serving as a reservoir, especially for chyle, lymph, or cerebrospinal fluid. 2. An ultramicroscopic space occurring between the membranes of the flattened sacs of the endoplasmic reticulum …   Medical dictionary

• Cisterna magna — Brain: Cisterna magna Diagram showing the positions of the three principal cisterns in the brain. The cisterna magna is visible at the lower right. Latin cisterna cerebellomedullaris Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Cerebrospinal fluid — 4 vials of CSF Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), Liquor cerebrospinalis, is a clear, colorless, salty bodily fluid, that occupies the subarachnoid space and the ventricular system around and inside the brain and spinal cord. In essence, the brain floats …   Wikipedia

• hole — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. opening, aperture, gap, cavity; excavation, hollow; slot, puncture; dungeon; cave; space. See concavity, abode, interval. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A perforation] Syn. notch, puncture, slot, eyelet,… …   English dictionary for students

• Dura mater — Meninges of the CNS Gray s subject #193 872 MeSH …   Wikipedia

• cisterna cerebellomedullaris posterior — [TA] posterior cerebellomedullary cistern: the enlarged subarachnoid space between the inferior surface of the cerebellum and the posterior surface of the medulla oblongata, and continuous below with the spinal subarachnoid space. It can be… …   Medical dictionary

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• arachnoid — SYN: a. mater. [G. arachne, spider, cobweb, + eidos, resemblance] a. of brain SYN: cranial a. mater. cranial a. mater [TA] that portion of the a. that lies within the cranial cavity and surrounds the …   Medical dictionary

• cisternal — Relating to a cisterna. * * * cis·ter·nal sis tərn əl adj of or relating to a cisterna and esp. the cisterna magna <cisternal puncture> cis·ter·nal·ly ē adv * * * cis·ter·nal (sis turґnəl) pertaining to a cistern, especially the… …   Medical dictionary