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Definition of Cerebral aqueduct

1. Noun. A canal connecting the third and fourth ventricles.

Definition of Cerebral aqueduct

1. Noun. The channel in the brain which connects the third ventricle to the fourth ventricle. Also called the aqueduct of sylvius. It is surrounded by the periaqueductal gray. ¹

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Medical Definition of Cerebral aqueduct

1. An ependymal-lined canal in the mesencephalon about 20 mm long, connecting the third to the fourth ventricle. Synonym: aqueductus cerebri, aqueduct of cerebrum, aqueductus sylvii, iter a tertio ad quartum ventriculum, sylvian aqueduct. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Cerebral aqueduct

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Inferior colliculi cerebral aqueduct Nucleus of oculomotor nerve Raphe. FIG. 721.—Transverse section of mid-brain at level of inferior colliculi, ..."

2. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"These are the myelencephalon, the metencephalon (these two enclosing the fourth ventricle), the mesencephalon (enclosing the cerebral aqueduct), ..."

3. The Anatomy of the Nervous System by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"The mesencephalon surrounds the cerebral aqueduct and consists of the ventrally placed cerebral peduncles, and a dorsal plate with four rounded elevations, ..."

4. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"... cerebral aqueduct separates them. Each tegmentum at the superior end blends with the thalamus, and helps to form the tegmental hypothalamic structures. ..."

5. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1922)
"... its cavity later is narrowed to a canal, the cerebral aqueduct (of ... into the central canal of the spinal cord, cranially into the cerebral aqueduct. ..."

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