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LATERAL VENTRICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphere; they communicate with the third ventricle via the foramen of Monro
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lateral 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:
An almond-shaped group of basal nuclei anterior to the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain, within the temporal lobe.
(Amygdala, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Blood vessels forming villous structures in the third, fourth, and lateral ventricles of the brain.
(Choroid plexus, NCI Thesaurus)
The epithelium of the choroid plexus at the lateral ventricle; which consists of cuboidal cells.
(Choroid Plexus Epithelium of the Lateral Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)
Cerebrospinal fluid flows from the lateral ventricles into the centrally third ventricle via the foramen of Monroe.
(Lateral Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)
A curved gray matter structure of the temporal lobe lying on the floor of the lateral ventricle of the brain.
(Hippocampus, NCI Thesaurus)
It is typically located in the lateral ventricles in the region of the foramen of Monro.
(Central Neurocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)
A curved elevation of gray matter extending the entire length of the floor of the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle (Dorland, 28th ed).
(Hippocampus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A long deep groove on the tentorial surface below the posterior and descending horns of the lateral ventricle which extends from the posterior extremity of the brain to the tip of the temporal lobe.
(Collateral Fissure, NCI Thesaurus)
A layer of gray matter lying along the floor of the lateral ventricle of the brain, comprised of cholinergic and possibly glutamatergic fibers, believed to be the critical brain structure underlying learning and memory.
(Hippocampus, NIH CRISP 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)
