Third Ventricle

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.

Year introduced: 2000

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Tree Number(s): A08.186.211.140.840

MeSH Unique ID: D020542

Entry Terms:

• Third Ventricles
• Ventricles, Third
• Ventricle, Third
• 3rd Ventricle
• 3rd Ventricles
• Ventricle, 3rd
• Ventricles, 3rd

Previous Indexing:

• Cerebral Ventricles (1965-1999)

See Also:

• Cerebral Ventriculography

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Nervous System
Central Nervous System
Brain
Cerebral Ventricles
Third Ventricle