Nervous system & sense organs
Third ventricle
Ventriculus tertius
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Part of
- Diencephalon
DescriptionUnreviewed
The third ventricle is one of the four connected ventricles of the ventricular system within the mammalian brain.
It is a slit-like cavity formed in the diencephalon between the two thalami, in the midline between the right and left lateral ventricles, and is filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).Running through the third ventricle is the interthalamic adhesion, which contains thalamic neurons and fibers that may connect the two thalami.
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Names
- Latin
- Ventriculus tertius
- English
- Third ventricle
- French
- Troisième ventricule
- Spanish
- Tercer ventrículo
- Portuguese
- Terceiro ventrículo