cavity of the septum pellucidum

  • 1Septum pellucidum — Infobox Brain Name = Septum pellucidum Latin = GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 840 Caption = Scheme of rhinencephalon. (Septum pellucidum visible at top center.) Caption2 = Median sagittal section of brain. (Septum pellucidum visible at center.)… …

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  • 2Cavum septum pellucidum — (CSP) describes a septum pellucidum that has a separation between its two leaflets (septal laminae). This cavity contains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that filters from the ventricles through the septal laminae [cite journal |author=Oteruelo F… …

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  • 3cavity — 1. A hollow space; hole. See cave, c., cavitas, cavernous space. 2. Lay term for the loss of tooth structure due to dental caries. SYN: cavum [TA], cavitas. [L. cavus …

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  • 4Septum — A word borrowed from the Latin "saeptum" meaning a "dividing wall or enclosure." * * * 1. [TA] A thin wall dividing two cavities or masses of softer tissue. See septal area, transparent s.. 2. In fungi, a wall; usually a cross …

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  • 5Ventricle — A ventricle is a chamber of an organ. For example, the four connected cavities (hollow spaces) in the central portion of the brain and the lower two chambers of the heart are called ventricles. * * * A normal cavity, as of the brain or heart. SYN …

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  • 6cavum septi pellucidi — [TA] cave of septum pellucidum: the median cleft between the two laminae of the septum pellucidum; called also pseudoventricle, cavity of septum pellucidum, Duncan ventricle, fifth ventricle, ventricle of Sylvius, or Vieussens ventricle …

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  • 7ventriculus lateralis cerebri — [TA] lateral ventricle of brain: the cavity in each cerebral hemisphere, derived (developed) from the cavity of the embryonic neural tube; it consists of a central part or body (pars centralis) and three horns: the frontal horn (cornu frontale),… …

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  • 8Ependymoma — Classification and external resources Micrograph of an ependymoma. H E stain. ICD 10 C71 …

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  • 9Body of lateral ventricle — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = pars centralis ventriculi lateralis GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 829 Caption = Drawing of a cast of the ventricular cavities, viewed from above. Caption2 = Drawing of a cast of the ventricular cavities,… …

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  • 10fifth ventricle — n a cavity between the vertical lamina of the septum pellucidum that does not have a channel of communication with the other ventricles of the brain …

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