cavity of septum pellucidum
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Septum 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.)… … Wikipedia
Cavum 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… … Wikipedia
Septum — 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 … Medical dictionary
cavity — 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 … Medical dictionary
Ventricle — 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 … Medical dictionary
cavum — SYN: cavity. [L. ntr. of adj. cavus, hollow] c. abdominis SYN: abdominal cavity. c. articulare SYN: articular cavity. c. conchae cavity of concha. c. coronale SYN: pulp cavity of crown. c. dentis SYN … Medical dictionary
Lamina — A plate or layer. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae, usually just called the lamina, are plates of bone in each vertebral body. * * * SYN: plate (1). SEE ALSO: layer, stratum. [L] l. affixa [TA] that part of the medial ependymal wall of the … Medical dictionary
cavum 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 … Medical dictionary
ventriculus — 1. SYN: stomach. 2. SYN: ventricle. 3. The enlarged posterior portion of the mesenteron of the insect alimentary canal, in which digestion occurs. [L. dim. of venter, belly] v. cordis dexter/sinister SYN: (right/left) ventricles of … Medical dictionary
pseudocele — SYN: cavity of septum pellucidum. [pseudo + G. koilia, cavity] … Medical dictionary
