The large midline opening of the posterior inferior part of the roof of the fourth ventricle that connects the fourth ventricle to the posterior cerebromedullary cistern and the spinal cord. [ MP:0009802 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_aperture ]

Synonyms: foramen of Magendie foramen of Majendie median aperture of fourth ventricle fourth ventricle median aperture apertura mediana

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Term information

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Subsets

pheno_slim

latin term
apertura mediana ventriculi quarti [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_aperture ]

latin term
apertura mediana [ FMA:TA FMA:75015 ]

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has broad synonym

median aperture

has related synonym

apertura mediana ventriculi quarti

arachnoid forament

id

UBERON:0003991