Third ventricle
Ventricle of the brain located between the two thalami / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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).[1]
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Latin | ventriculus tertius cerebri |
MeSH | D020542 |
NeuroNames | 446 |
NeuroLex ID | birnlex_714 |
TA98 | A14.1.08.410 |
TA2 | 5769 |
FMA | 78454 |
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Running through the third ventricle is the interthalamic adhesion, which contains thalamic neurons and fibers that may connect the two thalami.