cisterna

[ si-stur-nuh ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural cis·ter·nae [si-, stur, -nee].

1. cistern ( def 2 ).

cisterna

/ sɪˈstɜːnə /

noun

1. a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid

Other Words From

• cis·ternal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cisterna¹

< New Latin, Latin

Word History and Origins

Origin of cisterna¹

New Latin, from Latin; see cistern

Example Sentences

Proulx found something similar in 2018, when he and colleagues injected tracer dyes into the cisterna magna and found they entered the systemic blood more quickly in awake mice than anesthetized ones.

From Science Magazine

They then administered a fluorescent tracer molecule into the cisterna magna.

From Nature

One study10 has shown that tracers injected into the cisterna magna are primarily transported into the blood, and only secondarily into the lymphatic system.

From Nature

Consistent with these findings, the authors showed that local delivery of the Vegf-c gene into the cisterna magna of old mice using a virus restored the drainage of CSF tracer into deep cervical lymph nodes.

From Nature