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INTERPEDUNCULAR SPACES

\ˌɪntəpɛdˈʌnkjʊlə spˈe͡ɪsɪz], \ˌɪntəpɛdˈʌnkjʊlə spˈe‍ɪsɪz], \ˌɪ_n_t_ə_p_ɛ_d_ˈʌ_n_k_j_ʊ_l_ə s_p_ˈeɪ_s_ɪ_z]\

Definitions of INTERPEDUNCULAR SPACES

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Syn.: cisterna chiasmatica. A diamond-shaped cavity at the base of the brain, bounded anteriorly by the optic tracts and posteriorly by the crura cerebri. It contains the tuber cinereum, infundibulum, pituitary body, and corpora albicantia.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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