Cistern of lateral cerebral fossa

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Brain: Cistern of lateral cerebral fossa
Latin cisterna fossae lateralis cerebri
Gray's subject #193 877
Dorlands/Elsevier c_37/12241855

The cistern of lateral cerebral fossa is formed in front of either temporal lobe by the arachnoid bridging across the lateral fissure.

This cavity contains the middle cerebral artery.

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