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THIRD VENTRICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A narrow ventricle in the midplane below the corpus callosum; communicates with the fourth ventricle via the Sylvian aqueduct
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("third ventricle" is a kind of...):
ventricle (one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid)
Context examples:
Cerebrospinal fluid flows from the lateral ventricles into the centrally third ventricle via the foramen of Monroe.
(Lateral Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)
Cerebrospinal fluid flows from the lateral ventricles into the centrally third ventricle via the foramena of Monroe.
(Murine Lateral Ventricle of Brain, NCI Thesaurus)
A thin membrane of grey substance extending form the corpus callosum to the tuber cinereum above the optic chiasm and forming the anterior portion of the inferior border of the third ventricle.
(Lamina Cinerea, NCI Thesaurus)
Due to its location in the sella turcica, expansion of the tumor mass can impinge on the optic chiasm or involve the temporal lobe, third ventricle and posterior fossa.
(Pituitary Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
They are separated from each other by the SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM, and each communicates with the THIRD VENTRICLE by the foramen of Monro, through which also the choroid plexuses (CHOROID PLEXUS) of the lateral ventricles become continuous with that of the third ventricle.
(Lateral Ventricle, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It develops as an outgrowth from the third ventricle of the brain.
(Pineal Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)
Cerebrospinal fluid from the lateral ventricles flows into the third ventricle via the foramina of Monroe and exits the third ventricle via the aqueduct of Sylvius.
(Murine Third Ventricle of Brain, NCI Thesaurus)
