| Gruzovik, anat. |
cisterna (= цистерна; 1. any cavity or enclosed space serving as a reservoir, especially for chyle [a turbid, white or pale yellow fluid which contains chylomicrons that is taken up from the intestine and carried via the lymphatic system to the systemic circulation via the thoracic duct], lymph, or cerebrospinal fluid; 2. an ultramicroscopic space occurring between the membranes of the flattened sacs of the endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi complex, or the two membranes of the nuclear envelope) |
