Normal Anatomy

Cerebral ventricle

cavities filled with cerebrospinal fluid inside the brain. Lateral ventricles, third ventricle, aqueduct and fourth ventricle form the ventricular system which is connected to the subarachnoid space through openings in the inferior part of the fourth ventricle, the foramen of Luschka and foramen of Magendie. See Fig.1, Fig.2, Fig.3, Fig.4, Fig.5, Fig.6, Fig.7, Fig.8, Fig.9, Fig.10, Fig.11, Fig.12, Fig.13, Fig.14, Fig.15, Fig.16, Fig.17, Fig.18, Fig.19, Fig.20, Fig.21, Fig.22, Fig.23, Fig.24, Fig.25, Fig.26. The anatomical structures displayed in figures 1 - 26 are listed in Table 1. For further information, see under individual structure.

Cerebral ventricle, Table 1.

1.Ambient cisternFig. 7, Fig. 8, Fig. 15, Fig. 19, Fig. 21
2.Anterior horn of lateral ventricle Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 15, Fig. 16, Fig. 23, Fig. 24
3.AqueductFig. 8, Fig. 17, Fig. 20
4.Body of corpus callosumFig. 17
5.Cerebellomedullary cisternFig. 17
6.Choroid plexusFig. 10, Fig. 14, Fig. 25
7.Cistern of great cerebral veinFig. 10, Fig. 11, Fig. 17, Fig. 22, Fig. 23
8.Cistern of the lateral cerebral sulcusFig. 22
9.Collateral trigoneFig. 10, Fig. 14
10.Corpus callosumFig. 4, Fig. 6, Fig. 16
11.Foramen of MagendieFig. 17
12.FornixFig. 8, Fig. 9, Fig. 25
13.Fourth ventricleFig. 8, Fig. 9, Fig. 17, Fig. 18
14.HippocampusFig. 13
15.Infundibular recessFig. 20
16.Interhemispheric fissureFig. 1
17.Interpeduncular cisternFig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6, Fig. 16, Fig. 20, Fig. 21
18.Lateral cerebral sulcusFig. 2, Fig. 3
19.Lateral ventricleFig. 15, Fig. 25, Fig. 26
20.Optic recessFig. 20
21.Pineal bodyFig. 9
22.Pontine cisternFig. 17, Fig. 18, Fig. 19
23.Pontocerebellar cisternFig. 18
24.Posterior horn of lateral ventricleFig. 11, Fig. 13, Fig. 22, Fig. 23, Fig. 24
25.Quadrigeminal cisternFig. 9, Fig. 20, Fig. 21
26.Quadrigeminal plateFig. 16
27.RostrumFig. 1, Fig. 17, Fig. 23
28.Septum pellucidumFig. 3, Fig. 23
29.SpleniumFig. 10, Fig. 17
30.Superior cerebellar cisternFig. 17
31.Suprasellar cisternFig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 16, Fig. 19
32.Temporal hornFig. 5, Fig. 12, Fig. 13, Fig. 19
33.Third ventricleFig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6, Fig 17, Fig. 21, Fig. 22, Fig. 23
34.Velum interpositumFig. 6, Fig. 8, Fig. 9, Fig. 17, Fig. 23, Fig. 24

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Fig.1

MRI, T1-weighted, frontal section (Fig. 1 11: serial sections, anterior to posterior).
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