Ventricular System and Cerebrospinal Fluid

Question 1

The interventricular foramen is situated anteriorly in the _________ (lateral/medial) wall of the lateral ventricle

Answer 1

medial

Question 2

The interventricular foramen is bounded anteriorly by _______________ (the column of fornix/ septum pellucidum) and posteriorly by the ___________ (anterior end of the thalamus/lamina terminalis)

Answer 2

the column of fornix

anterior end of thalamus

Question 3

The floor of the body of the lateral ventricle is formed by:

a) body of the caudate nucleus only
b) head of the caudate nucleus and lateral margin of the thalamus
c) body of the caudate nucleus and lateral margin of the thalamus
d) lateral margin of the thalamus only

Answer 3

body of the caudate nucleus and lateral margin of the thalamus

Question 4

The roof of the body of lateral ventricle is formed by ____________ (corpus callosum/fornix)

Answer 4

corpus callosum

Question 5

The medial wall of the body of the lateral ventricle is formed by ___________ (septum pellucidum/caudate nucleus)

Answer 5

septum pellucidum

Question 6

Choroid fissure of the lateral ventricle projects into the body through a gap between the ______ (crura/body) of fornix and superior surface of the thalamus.

Answer 6

body of fornix

Question 7

_______________ is present on the superior surface of thalamus

Answer 7

Stratum zonale