Medical Definition of Ventriculus quartus

1. A cavity of irregular tentlike shape extending from the obex rostralward to its communication with the sylvian aqueduct, enclosed between the cerebellum dorsally and the rhombencephalic tegmentum ventrally, having a rhomboid-shaped floor (rhomboid fossa) and a tentlike roof which in its caudal part is formed by the tela choroidea and the posterior medullary velum, in its middle part by the white matter of the cerebellum, and in its narrowing rostral part (recessus superior) by the anterior medullary velum. The fourth ventricle reaches its greatest width at the pontomedullary transition, where it expands laterally behind the cerebellar peduncles into the spoutlike lateral recess, and its greatest height at the fastigial recess, which reaches up into the cerebellar white matter. Direct communication of the brain's ventricle system and the subarachnoid space is established at the level of the fourth ventricle by a median opening in the tela choroidea, the medial aperture of Magendie's foramen, which opens into the cerebellomedullary cistern, and on both sides by the lateral aperture or foramen of Luschka, which connects the lateral recess with the interpeduncular cistern. Synonym: ventriculus quartus, ventricle of rhombencephalon. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ventriculus Quartus

ventriculoperitoneal shunt
ventriculophasic
ventriculoplasty
ventriculopuncture
ventriculoscopy
ventriculostomy
ventriculosubarachnoid
ventriculotomy
ventriculous
ventriculus
ventriculus cordis
ventriculus dexter
ventriculus laryngis
ventriculus lateralis
ventriculus quartus (current term)
ventriculus quintus
ventriculus sinister
ventriculus terminalis
ventriculus tertius
ventriduct
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ventrilocution
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