Body Space or Junction
cerebral ventricle
ce·re·bral ven·tri·cle [ suh-ree-bruhl, ser-uh- ven-tri-kuhl ]
Subclass of:
Brain
Definitions related to cerebral ventricles:
  • (brain ventricle) The four connected cavities (hollow spaces) centrally located within the brain that connect posteriorly with the central canal of the spinal cord.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Cavities within the brain which are filled with cerebrospinal fluid, including the two lateral, the third, and linked by the aqueduct, the fourth ventricles; lined by ependyma which in certain regions, is invaginated by vascular fringes of pia mater to form the choroid plexuses.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Segment of ventricular system of brain which has as its direct proper parts wall of cerebral ventricle and cavity of cerebral ventricle.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • Four CSF-filled (see CEREBROSPINAL FLUID) cavities within the cerebral hemispheres (LATERAL VENTRICLES), in the midline (THIRD VENTRICLE) and within the PONS and MEDULLA OBLONGATA (FOURTH VENTRICLE).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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