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.
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