Median aperture
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| Brain: Median aperture | ||
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| Scheme of roof of fourth ventricle. The arrow is in the foramen of Majendie. | ||
| Latin | apertura mediana ventriculi quarti | |
| Gray's | subject #187 798 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-638 | |
| MeSH | 12144687 | |
The median aperture of the brain (or foramen of Magendie) is an opening in the hollow nerve tube, connecting the fourth ventricle of the brain with the subarachnoid space.
The median aperture, along with the paired lateral apertures (foramina of Luschka) are the primary routes for cerebrospinal fluid to escape into the cisterna magna. The Foramen of Magendie is named for François Magendie, who first described it.
[edit] References
- Netter, Frank H. (1989) Atlas of Human Anatomy. Summit, NJ: Ciba-Geigy Corporation.
- Williams, Peter L.; Warwick, Roger; Dyson, Mary; & Bannister, Lawrence H. (1989) Gray's Anatomy (37th ed.). New York: Churchill Livingstone.
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| Meninges of the brain and medulla spinalis |
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Dura mater - Falx cerebri - Tentorium cerebelli - Falx cerebelli - Arachnoid mater - Subarachnoid space - Cistern - Cisterna magna - Median aperture - Cerebrospinal fluid - Arachnoid granulation - Pia mater |
