Anterior pontine membrane - Cranial nerves MRI - Axial 3D CISS - e-Anatomy
View the module

Anterior pontine membrane

Membrana pontis anterioris

Definition

Antoine Micheau

The anterior pontine membrane separates the cerebellopontine cistern from the prepontine cistern.

Insertions: from the Ill nerve cuff runs straight downward to the VI nerce apparent emergence at the pontomedullaris junction

Main relations: prepontine cistern between right and left anterior prepontine membranes/ conforms the medial wall of the cerebellopontine cistern

References

Villanueva P, Baldoncini M, Forlizzi V, Campero A, Rangel CC, Granja JO, Sufianov A, Lucifero AG, Luzzi S. Microneurosurgical anatomy of the basal cisterns: A brief review for cisternostomy. Surg Neurol Int. 2023 Mar 24;14:97. doi: 10.25259/SNI_1095_2022. PMID: 37025519; PMCID: PMC10070334.

Lü J, Zhu XL. Characteristics of distribution and configuration of intracranial arachnoid membranes. Surg Radiol Anat. 2005 Dec;27(6):472-81. doi: 10.1007/s00276-005-0025-4. Epub 2005 Sep 8. PMID: 16151970.

Gallery