The widening portions of the subarachnoid space within the cranium where the arachnoid bridges over a depression on the surface of the brain. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistern_(neuroanatomy) MP:0009032 ]

This is just here as a test because I lose it

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pheno_slim

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in FMA is a subdivision of arachnoid space

has broad synonym

cisterna

cistern

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UBERON:0004050

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