trigeminal cave (cavity, cistern); Meckel's cavity

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Introduction

The cleft in the meningeal layer of the dura of the middle cranial fossa, enclosing the trigeminal ganglion & the roots of the trigeminal nerve. It lies near the petrous part of the temporal bone.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999