Part of the ventricular system of the brain, forming a single large irregularly shaped cavity located on the midline of the rhombencephalon, between the medulla, pons and the isthmus ventrally and the cerebellum dorsally. It is continuous with the cerebral aqueduct anteriorally and the central canal of the spinal cord posteriorly. It communicates with the subarachnoid space through its lateral and median apertures. [ BIRNLEX:1256 ]
Synonyms: ventricle IV
Term information
- DMBA:126651782
- GAID:610
- FMA:78469
- EHDAA:896
- TAO:0000110
- BIRNLEX:1256
- XAO:0003099
- DHBA:12805
- VHOG:0000006
- EHDAA2:0000100
- AAO:0011043
- ZFA:0000110
- Wikipedia:Fourth_ventricle
- MBA:145
- NCIT:C12828
- neuronames:621
- BTO:0003426
- SCTID:180932000
- BM:Pons-4V
- EMAPA:16917
- HBA:9421
- MA:0000196
- BAMS:V4
- CALOHA:TS-2015
- DHBA:10669
- BAMS:4V
- EV:0100310
- MESH:D020546
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IVth ventricle
ventriculus quartus
ventricle of rhombencephalon
4th ventricle
rhombencephalic ventricle
fourth ventricle proper
Term relations
- brain ventricle
- contributes to morphology of some hindbrain
- part of some hindbrain
- develops from some hindbrain vesicle