LATERAL VENTRICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lateral ventricle mean? 

• LATERAL VENTRICLE (noun)
  The noun LATERAL VENTRICLE has 1 sense:

1. either of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphere; they communicate with the third ventricle via the foramen of Monro

  Familiarity information: LATERAL VENTRICLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATERAL VENTRICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphere; they communicate with the third ventricle via the foramen of Monro

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lateral ventricle" is a kind of...):

ventricle (one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid)

 Context examples 

Unlike central neurocytoma, it does not involve the lateral ventricles.

(Extraventricular Neurocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A meningioma that affects the lateral ventricle of the brain.

(Lateral Ventricle Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

The white myelinated fibers in the hippocampus adjacent to the wall of the lateral ventricle.

(Alveus, NCI Thesaurus)

Almond-shaped group of basal nuclei anterior to the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain, within the temporal lobe.

(Murine Amygdala, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Cerebrospinal fluid from the lateral ventricles flows into the third ventricle via the foramina of Monroe and exits the third ventricle via the aqueduct of Sylvius.

(Murine Third Ventricle of Brain, NCI Thesaurus)

Cerebrospinal fluid flows from the lateral ventricles into the centrally third ventricle via the foramena of Monroe.

(Murine Lateral Ventricle of Brain, NCI Thesaurus)

In children it is most common in the lateral ventricles and in adults it tends to arise in the fourth ventricle.

(Choroid Plexus Papilloma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A narrow groove along the medial wall of the lateral ventricle from which the choroid plexus attaches.

(Choroidal Fissure, NCI Thesaurus)

A vascular fringe projecting from the choroidal fissure into each lateral ventricle where cerebrospinal fluid is produced.

(Choroid Plexus of the Lateral Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)

An elongated gray mass of the neostriatum located adjacent to the lateral ventricle of the brain.

(Caudate Nucleus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)