Lateral ventricles

Lateral ventricles
Scheme showing relations of the ventricles to the surface of the brain; oriented facing left.
Drawing of a cast of the ventricular cavities, viewed from the side; oriented facing right.
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Identifiers
Latinventriculus lateralis
MeSHD020547
NeuroNames209
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_1263
TA98A14.1.09.272
TA25639
FMA78448
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The lateral ventricles are the two largest ventricles of the brain and contain cerebrospinal fluid.[1] Each cerebral hemisphere contains a lateral ventricle, known as the left or right lateral ventricle, respectively.

Each lateral ventricle resembles a C-shaped cavity that begins at an inferior horn in the temporal lobe, travels through a body in the parietal lobe and frontal lobe, and ultimately terminates at the interventricular foramina where each lateral ventricle connects to the single, central third ventricle. Along the path, a posterior horn extends backward into the occipital lobe, and an anterior horn extends farther into the frontal lobe.[1]

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