lumbar cistern

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Introduction

The enlargement of the subarachnoid space between the conus medullaris (about vertebral level L2) & inferior end of subarachnoid space & dura mater (about vertebral level S2).

Notes

Site of lumbar puncture & spinal anesthesia

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.