Header Logo

Fourth Ventricle

"Fourth Ventricle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
An irregularly shaped cavity in the RHOMBENCEPHALON, located between the MEDULLA OBLONGATA; the PONS; and the isthmus in front, and the CEREBELLUM behind. It is continuous with the central canal of the cord below and with the CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT above, and through its lateral and median apertures it communicates with the SUBARACHNOID SPACE.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fourth Ventricle" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fourth Ventricle" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.

© 2024 Kaiser Permanente