Lateral ventricle

These are irregular cavities with in the lower

& medial part of cerebral hemisphere
Number - two in number one on each side
of median plane & are separated from each
other by a septum pellucidum
Communication -
1. With 3rd ventricle through
interventricular foramen or foramen of
monro ( situated in front of anterior
end of thalamus )
2. Indirectly with opposite lateral ventricle
via 3rd ventricle
Contents – CSF
Lining membrane - ependyma
Different parts -
1. central part
2. three horns
a) anterior
b) posterior
c) inferior
Anterior horn – it lies in front of foramen
monro & it extends in to frontal lobe
Boundaries -
Roof - trunk of corpus callosum
Floor – rostrum of corpus callosum
Medial wall - septum pellucidum & columns
of fornix
Anterior wall - by genu of corpus callosum
Central horn - it is second largest part of
lateral ventricle it lies in parietal lobe it
extends from foramen monro to splenium of
corpus callosum
Boundaries -
Roof - trunk of corpus callosum
Floor - body of caudate nucleus, thalamus,
stria terminalis, thalamostriate vein
Medial wall - septum pellucidum, body of
fornix –it is bundle of fibres connecting RT &
Lt hippocampus
Posterior horn - it is small horn which
extend in to occipital lobe lies behind
Splenium of corpus callosum it may be
absent
Boundaries -
Roof - superior longitudinal fasciculus,
teptum optic radiation
Floor – bulb of posterior horn, due to
forceps major, calcar avis –it is elevation due
calcarine sulcus
Inferior horn - it is largest horn of lateral
ventricle present in temporal lobe
Boundaries -
Roof - tail of caudate nucleus, teptum, and
stria terminalis
Floor - collateral eminence it is due to
collateral sulcus hippocampus gyrus
Applied anatomy -
1. obstruction of foramen monro leads to
hydrocephalous it is due to brain tumor
SOL
2. Ventriculography – X-ray for
visualization of ventricle
3. lateral ventricle can reach by passing
needle oblique from pterion
4. shunt operation done to drainage of
CSF