Structure
The trigeminal cave is an out-pocket of the meningeal cranial dural mater at the end of the petrous part of the temporal bone.
Related parts of the anatomy
Anatomical Relations
The trigeminal cave surrounds the trigeminal ganglion and the three divisions of the trigeminal nerve, the ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular nerves.
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Trigeminal Cave
Meckel's cave (trigeminal cave) is a cerebrospinal fluid-containing dural recess extending from the posterior cranial fossa to the middle cranial fossa that contains the trigeminal nerve, the trigeminal (Gasserian) ganglion and the trigeminal cistern (Figure 5).
