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Descriptor English: Cerebral Ventricles
Descriptor Spanish: Ventrículos Cerebrales
Descriptor ventrículos cerebrales
Entry term(s) agujero de Monro
agujero interventricular
ventrículos encefálicos
Scope note: Cavidades en número de cuatro que se comunican y que se encuentran en el interior de la masa del encéfalo: los ventrículos laterales derecho e izquierdo, el tercer ventrículo (III) y el cuarto ventrículo (IV). Todos ellos contienen líquido cefalorraquídeo y un plexo coroideo que lo produce. (NETTER, F.H..Sistema Nervioso. Anatomía y Fisiología. Barcelona, Salvat, 1991, p. 30)
Descriptor Portuguese: Ventrículos Cerebrais
Descriptor French: Ventricules cérébraux
Entry term(s): Cerebral Ventricle
Cerebral Ventricular System
Cerebral Ventricular Systems
Foramen of Monro
Monro Foramen
System, Cerebral Ventricular
Systems, Cerebral Ventricular
Ventricle, Cerebral
Ventricles, Cerebral
Ventricular System, Cerebral
Ventricular Systems, Cerebral
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.140
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002552
Scope note: 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).
Annotation: inflammation = CEREBRAL VENTRICULITIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Cerebral Ventriculography MeSH
Injections, Intraventricular MeSH
Ventriculostomy MeSH
DeCS ID: 2591
Unique ID: D002552
NLM Classification: WL 307
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Cerebral Ventricles - Preferred
Concept UI M0003903
Scope note 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).
Preferred term Cerebral Ventricles
Entry term(s) Cerebral Ventricle
Cerebral Ventricular System
Cerebral Ventricular Systems
System, Cerebral Ventricular
Systems, Cerebral Ventricular
Ventricle, Cerebral
Ventricles, Cerebral
Ventricular System, Cerebral
Ventricular Systems, Cerebral
Foramen of Monro - Narrower
Concept UI M0003904
Preferred term Foramen of Monro
Entry term(s) Monro Foramen



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