Third Ventricle

Synonyms

3rd Ventricle

3rd Ventricles

Third Ventricles

Ventricle, 3rd

Ventricle, Third

Ventricles, 3rd

Ventricles, Third

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.