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MeSH Heading: Third Ventricle
Tree Number(s): A08.186.211.140.840
Unique ID: D020542
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020542
Scope Note: A narrow cleft inferior to the CORPUS CALLOSUM, within the DIENCEPHALON, between the paired thalami. Its floor is formed by the HYPOTHALAMUS, its anterior wall by the lamina terminalis, and its roof by EPENDYMA. It communicates with the FOURTH VENTRICLE by the CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT, and with the LATERAL VENTRICLES by the interventricular foramina.
Entry Term(s): 3rd Ventricle
Previous Indexing: Cerebral Ventricles (1965-1999)
See Also: Cerebral Ventriculography
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

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