Ventricular System of the Brain and CSF Circulation Flashcards
What is the Ventricular System?
Intercommunicating Cavities inside CNS
Parts of the Ventricular System
Two Lateral Ventricles
Third Ventricle
Fourth Ventricle
Ventricular System is lined with …
ependyma
What is ependyma?
Glial Cell membrane lining Ventricular System and Spinal Cord Central Canal
What does the Ventricular System contain?
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Lateral Ventricle
Number of Lateral Ventricles
One Right and One Left
Lateral Ventricle
Locations
Each situated in the Cerebral Hemisphere
Lateral Ventricle
Communications
Communicates with Third Ventricle through Interventricular Formanen of Monro
Lateral Ventricle
Each ventricle is closed medially by the …
septum pellucidum
Third Ventricle
Location
Between the two Thalami
Third Ventricle
Anterior Communications
With Lateral Ventricles through Interventricular Formen
Third Ventricle
Posterior Communications
With Fourth Ventricle through Cerebral Aqueduct
Third Ventricle
Roof
Tela Choroidea which projects 2 Choroid Plexuses
Third Ventricle
Lateral Wall
2 Thalami
Third Ventricle
Floor
Optic Chiasma
Infundibulum of Pituitary Gland
Mammillary Body
Tegmentum