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Ventricular :: Ventricular (a.) Of or pertaining to a ventricle; bellied.

Praecornu :: Praecornu (n.) The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Choroid :: Choroid (a.) resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball..

Terma :: Terma (n.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain..

Hydrocephalus :: Hydrocephalus (n.) An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously..

Mitral :: Mitral (a.) Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart..

Medicommissure :: Medicommissure (n.) A large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure.

Aqueduct :: Aqueduct (n.) A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain..

Postcommissure :: Postcommissure (n.) A transverse commisure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commisure.

Scutibranchiata :: Scutibranchiata (n. pl.) An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.

Postcornu :: Postcornu (n.) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Medicornu :: Medicornu (n.) The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Ependyma :: Ependyma (n.) The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.

Ventricle :: Ventricle (n.) A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from the auricle and forces it out from the heart. See Heart..

Proventricle :: Proventricle (n.) Proventriculus.

Infundibulum :: Infundibulum (n.) A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes..

Auricle :: Auricle (n.) The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart..

Teretial :: Teretial (a.) Rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes..

Ligule :: Ligule (n.) A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.

Pseudocoelia :: Pseudocoelia (n.) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle.

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