Focus on Ventricles Flashcards
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3
3 Anterior horn of the lateral ventricle
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1
1 Central part of the lateral ventricle
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10
10 Inferior horn of lateral ventricle

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15
15 Posterior horn of lateral ventricle
(image below is posterior view)
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6
6 Third ventricle
What are the borders of the 3rd ventricle?
Roof: choroid tela and plexus
Floor: hypothalamus with optic and infundibular recesses
Anterior: columns of fornix, anterior commissure, lamina terminalis, triangular recess
Posterior: habenular and posterior commissures, suprapineal and pineal recesses
Lateral: thalamus, hypothalamus
cast of ventricles
17
17 Fourth ventricle

Level of 3rd ventricle
1

1 Caudate nucleus

Level of 3rd ventricle
2 (what lobe?)

2 Lobus insularis (insula)

Level of 3rd ventricle
3?

3 Lentiform nucleus
(comprises the putamen and the globus pallidus within the basal ganglia. It is a large, cone-shaped mass of gray matter just lateral to the internal capsule)

Level of 3rd ventricle
4

4 Claustrum

Level of 3rd ventricle
5

5 External capsule

Level of 3rd ventricle
6

6 Internal capsule

Level of 3rd ventricle
7

7 Thalamus

Level of 3rd ventricle
8 (which sinus?)

8 Inferior sagittal sinus

Level of 3rd ventricle
9

9 Superior sagittal sinus

Level of 3rd ventricle
11

11 Falx cerebri

Level of 3rd ventricle
12

12 Calvaria (diploe of skull)

Level of 3rd ventricle
13

13 Genu of corpus callosum

Level of 3rd ventricle
14

14 Anterior horn of lateral ventricle

Level of 3rd ventricle
15

15 Septum pellucidum

Level of 3rd ventricle
16

16 Column of fornix

Level of 3rd ventricle
17

17 Choroid plexus of third ventricle

Level of 3rd ventricle
18

18 Splenium of corpus callosum

Level of 3rd ventricle
19

19 Entrance to inferior horn of lateral ventricle with
choroid plexus

Level of 3rd ventricle
20

20 Optic radiation

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2
2 Interventricular foramen of Monro
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4 (what goes in the empty space?)
4 Site of interthalamic adhesion
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5
5 Notch for anterior commissure
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7
7 Optic recess
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8 (what goes in the notch?)
8 Notch for optic chiasma
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9
9 Infundibular recess
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11

11 Lateral recess and lateral aperture of Luschka
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12

12 Suprapineal recess
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13
13 Pineal recess
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14
14 Notch for posterior commissure
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16
16 Cerebral aqueduct
18
18 Median aperture of Magendie

19
19 Cerebellomedullary cistern
aka Cisterna Magna

20
20 Superior sagittal sinus

21
(which sinus?)
21 Inferior sagittal sinus

23
23 Arachnoid granulations of Pacchioni

24
24 Straight sinus

9
9 Lateral ventricle (showing caudate
nucleus)
10
10 Anterior commissure
11
11 Column of fornix
12
12 Optic chiasma
13
13 Crus of fornix
14
14 Stria medullaris of thalamus
15
15 Thalamus and interthalamic
adhesion
16
16 Mamillothalamic fasciculus
of Vicq d’Azyr
(i’m not making this up, but I don’t think it’s very important for us to know)
17
17 Cerebral peduncle