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    interior of the cistern was often lined with hydraulic plaster. Cisterns are distinguished from wells by their waterproof linings. Modern cisterns range in capacity...
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    The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica (Greek: Βασιλική Κινστέρνα, Turkish: Yerebatan Sarnıcı or Yerebatan Saray, "Subterranean Cistern" or "Subterranean...
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  • cerebellopontine cistern (also pontocerebellar cistern, cerebellopontine angle cistern, or angle cistern) is a paired subarachnoid cistern at the cerebellopontine...
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  • The chiasmatic cistern or suprasellar cistern is a small subarachnoid cistern related to the optic chiasm. The cistern is situated superior to the optic...
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  • The ambient cistern is a bilaterally paired (one on each side of the body) subarachnoid cistern situated at either lateral aspect of the mesencephalon...
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    The interpeduncular cistern (or basal cistern) is the subarachnoid cistern situated between the dorsum sellae (anteriorly): 440  and the two cerebral peduncles: 440 ...
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  • Look up cistern in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cistern is a water storage tank. Cistern may also refer to: Subarachnoid cisterns, openings in the...
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    The Theodosius Cistern (Greek: Κινστέρνα Θεοδοσίου, Turkish: Şerefiye Sarnıcı) is one of many ancient cisterns of Constantinople that lie beneath the...
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    The Cistern of Philoxenos (Greek: Κινστέρνα Φιλοξένου), or Binbirdirek Cistern, is a man-made subterranean reservoir in Istanbul, situated between the...
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    The subarachnoid cisterns are spaces formed by openings in the subarachnoid space, an anatomic space in the meninges of the brain. The space is situated...
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    The pontine cistern (or prepontine cistern) is a subarachnoid cistern situated ventrally/anteriorly to the pons.: 478  It contains the basilar artery...
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    The Portuguese Cistern is a historic cistern in El Jadida, Morocco. It is located beneath the citadel at the heart of the historic Portuguese fortified...
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  • quadrigeminal cistern (also cistern of great cerebral vein, vein of Galen cistern, superior cistern, Bichat's canal, or peripineal cistern) is a subarachnoid...
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  • The cistern is an extension of interpeduncular cistern. The cistern of lamina terminalis interconnects the chiasmatic cistern and pericallosal cistern. The...
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  • Cistern is an unincorporated community in southwestern Fayette County, Texas, United States. It is located on Texas State Highway 95, 12 miles (19 km)...
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  • The pericallosal cistern is one of the subarachnoid cisterns. It is situated atop the corpus callosum, extending from its splenium (rostrally/anteriorly)...
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    magna (posterior cerebellomedullary cistern, or cerebellomedullary cistern) is the largest of the subarachnoid cisterns. It occupies the space created by...
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  • The cistern of lateral cerebral fossa (also cistern of the lateral sulcus, or Sylvian cistern) is an elongated subarachnoid cistern formed by arachnoid...
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    Cistern Field (ICAO: MYBT) is a public use airport located near Cistern Cay, the Bahamas. List of airports in the Bahamas Airport record for Cistern Field...
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    needed] However, the blocks also come loose, for placement directly in-cistern (and therefore usable with squat toilets that lack the same sort of rim)...
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    The Cistern of Pulcheria (Greek: Κινστέρνα Πουλχερίας, Turkish: Pulcheria Sarnıcı) is a Byzantine period covered cistern built in Constantinople (modern...
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    cistern (tank), fitted above head height, activated by a pull chain connected to a flush lever on the cistern. When more modern close-coupled cistern...
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    Cisterna chyli (redirect from Chyle cistern)
    The cisterna chyli or receptaculum chyli (chy·​li pronounced: ˈkī-ˌlī) is a dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct in most mammals into which...
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    The Cisterns of Tawila, or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in Aden, Yemen designed to collect and store the rain that flows down from the Shamsan...
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    downward herniation is characterized by obliteration of the suprasellar cistern from temporal lobe herniation into the tentorial hiatus with associated...
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  • Cistern is an orchestral album by Sacramento-born musician, composer and arranger Jherek Bischoff. It was released by The Leaf Label and Brassland on...
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  • was near the cistern. He fell on his back and lay there, blood streaming from his foot towards his comrades. Then he crawled to the cistern and threw himself...
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    Lotz Cisterns (Hebrew: בורות לוץ, Borot Lotz‎; the spelling Loz is used, too) is an archaeological site in Negev Mountains, Israel, where 17 ancient water...
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    The list of Roman cisterns offers an overview over Ancient Roman cisterns. Freshwater reservoirs were commonly set up at the termini of aqueducts and...
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    The Tyre Cistern inscription is a Phoenician inscription on a white marble block discovered in the castle-palace of the Old City of Tyre, Lebanon in 1885...
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