Preferred Label : third ventricle;
MeSH definition : A narrow cleft inferior to the corpus callosum, within the diencephalon, between the
paired thalami. Its floor is formed by the HYPOTHALAMUS, its anterior wall by the
lamina terminalis, and its roof by EPENDYMA. It communicates with the FOURTH VENTRICLE
by the CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT, and with the LATERAL VENTRICLES by the interventricular
foramina.;
MeSH synonym : ventricles, third; third ventricles; ventricle, third; 3rd Ventricle; 3rd Ventricles; Ventricle, 3rd; Ventricles, 3rd;
MeSH annotation : /radiogr: coordinate with CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third ventricle;
Origin ID : D020542;
UMLS CUI : C0149555;
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A narrow cleft inferior to the corpus callosum, within the diencephalon, between the
paired thalami. Its floor is formed by the HYPOTHALAMUS, its anterior wall by the
lamina terminalis, and its roof by EPENDYMA. It communicates with the FOURTH VENTRICLE
by the CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT, and with the LATERAL VENTRICLES by the interventricular
foramina.
http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Fr/HealthAZ/ConditionsandDiseases/BrainandNervousSystemDisorders/Pages/Hydrocephalus-and-Treatment-Shunts-and-Endoscopic-Third-Ventriculostomy.aspx
2009
Canada
popular works
hydrocephalus
endoscopy
ventriculostomy
child
third ventricle
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