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Descriptor English: Fourth Ventricle
Descriptor Spanish: Cuarto Ventrículo
Descriptor cuarto ventrículo
Entry term(s) IV ventrículo
Scope note: Cavidad de forma irregular situada en el ROMBENCÉFALO y localizada entre el BULBO RAQUÍDEO, el PUENTE y el istmo por delante, y el CEREBELO por detrás. Su parte posterior se continúa con el conducto raquídeo de la médula mientras que la anterior lo hace con el ACUEDUCTO DE SILVIO. A través de sus orificios medial y laterales se comunica con el ESPACIO SUBARACNOIDEO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Quarto Ventrículo
Descriptor French: Quatrième ventricule
Entry term(s): 4th Ventricle
4th Ventricles
Fourth Ventricles
Quarto Ventricolo
Quarto Ventricolos
Ventricle, 4th
Ventricle, Fourth
Ventricles, 4th
Ventricles, Fourth
Ventricolo, Quarto
Ventricolos, Quarto
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.140.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020546
Scope note: An irregularly shaped cavity in the RHOMBENCEPHALON, located between the MEDULLA OBLONGATA; the PONS; and the isthmus in front, and the CEREBELLUM behind. It is continuous with the central canal of the cord below and with the CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT above, and through its lateral and median apertures it communicates with the SUBARACHNOID SPACE.
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
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Cerebral Ventricles (1965-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Related: Cerebral Ventriculography MeSH
DeCS ID: 34048
Unique ID: D020546
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Fourth Ventricle - Preferred
Concept UI M0328533
Scope note An irregularly shaped cavity in the RHOMBENCEPHALON, located between the MEDULLA OBLONGATA; the PONS; and the isthmus in front, and the CEREBELLUM behind. It is continuous with the central canal of the cord below and with the CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT above, and through its lateral and median apertures it communicates with the SUBARACHNOID SPACE.
Preferred term Fourth Ventricle
Entry term(s) 4th Ventricle
4th Ventricles
Fourth Ventricles
Quarto Ventricolo
Quarto Ventricolos
Ventricle, 4th
Ventricle, Fourth
Ventricles, 4th
Ventricles, Fourth
Ventricolo, Quarto
Ventricolos, Quarto



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