Brain Ventricles: (Rabbia Yousaf) Pharm-D Rashid Latif College of Pharmacy
Brain Ventricles: (Rabbia Yousaf) Pharm-D Rashid Latif College of Pharmacy
Brain Ventricles: (Rabbia Yousaf) Pharm-D Rashid Latif College of Pharmacy
(Rabbia Yousaf)
Pharm-D
Rashid Latif College Of Pharmacy
The brain is bathed by the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Inside the brain, there are spaces (ventricles) filled
with CSF
There are 4 ventricles
2 lateral ventricles are in the brain hemispheres
3rd ventricle is in the diencephalon
4th ventricle is between the pons, open medulla
and the cerebellum
The 3rd & the 4th ventricles are connected by the
cerebral aqueduct
Lateral Ventricle
Definition :
It is the cavity of the cerebral hemisphere.
It is C-shaped.
It has 3 horns & central part.
Anterior Horn: in the frontal lobe.
Posterior horn: in the occipital lobe
Inferior horn: in temporal lobe.
Central part or body: in the parietal lobe.
Superior view of the ventricular system.
Anterior Horn
In the frontal lobe.
Roof:
Corpus callosum (trunk)
Floor:
Corpus callosum (Rostrum)
Anterior:
Corpus callosum (Genu)
Medially:
Septum pellucidum.
Laterally:
Head of Caudate nucleus.
Body or Central part
Lies in the parietal lobe.
Roof:
Corpus callosum (Trunk).
Floor:
From lateral to medial it is formed by:
Body of caudate nucleus,
Upper surface of thalamus
Choroid plexus,
Body of fornix.
Medial wall:
Septum pellucidum.
Lateral wall:
narrow area at the meeting of roof & floor.
Posterior Horn
In the occipital lobe.
Roof, lateral wall, and floor:
Are formed by the Tapetum of the corpus
callosum.
Medially:
There are 2 elevations:
Bulb of posterior horn
Calcar avis
Inferior Horn
It lies in the temporal lobe.
Roof:
Tapetum,
Tail of caudate nucleus,
Amygdaloid nucleus
Stria terminalis.
Floor:
Hippocampus,
Fimbria of hippocampus & Collateral eminence.
Lateral wall:
Tapetum of the corpus callosum.
Third Ventricle