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Descriptor English: Third Ventricle
Descriptor Spanish: Tercer Ventrículo
Descriptor tercer ventrículo
Scope note: Hendidura angosta situada debajo del CUERPO CALLOSO, dentro del DIENCÉFALO, entre los dos tálamos. Su suelo está formado por el HIPOTÁLAMO, su pared anterior por la lámina terminalis, y su techo por el EPÉNDIMO. Comunica con el CUARTO VENTRÍCULO a través del ACUEDUCTO DE SILVIO, y con los VENTRÍCULOS LATERALES a través del foramen interventricular.
Descriptor Portuguese: Terceiro Ventrículo
Descriptor French: Troisième ventricule
Entry term(s): 3rd Ventricle
3rd Ventricles
Third Ventricles
Ventricle, 3rd
Ventricle, Third
Ventricles, 3rd
Ventricles, Third
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.140.840
RDF Unique Identifier: https://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.
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: 34050
Unique ID: D020542
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
Third Ventricle - Preferred
Concept UI M0328582
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.
Preferred term Third Ventricle
Entry term(s) 3rd Ventricle
3rd Ventricles
Third Ventricles
Ventricle, 3rd
Ventricle, Third
Ventricles, 3rd
Ventricles, Third



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