Lateral aperture

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Brain: Lateral aperture

Three-dimensional representation of the ventricular system of

the human brain. The fourth ventricle is the lower blue mass.
The little points sticking out on the left and right are the two
parts of the lateral recess, which end in the foramen of
Luschka.

Human caudal brainstem posterior view (Lateral aperture is

 #18)

Latin apertura lateralis ventriculi quarti

Gray's subject #187 798

Acronym(s) LA4V

NeuroNames hier-637

The lateral aperture is a paired structure in human anatomy. It is an opening in each lateral
extremity of the lateral recess of the fourth ventricle of the human brain. Along with the
single median aperture, the two lateral aperatures provide a conduit for cerebrospinal fluid to
flow from the brain's ventricular system into the subarachnoid space. The structure is also
called the lateral aperture of the fourth ventricle or the foramen of Luschka after
anatomist Hubert von Luschka.[1]
Median aperture
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Brain: Median aperture

Scheme of roof of fourth ventricle. The arrow is in the

foramen of Magendie.

Latin apertura mediana ventriculi quarti

Gray's subject #187 798

NeuroNames hier-638

The median aperture (Foramen of Magendie) drains CSF from the fourth ventricle into the
cisterna magna. The two lateral apertures (foramina of Luschka), one on the left and one on
the right, are the primary routes for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid frim the fourth ventricle
into the Cerebello-pontine angle cistern.

[edit] Eponym

The Foramen of Magendie is named for François Magendie, who first described it.[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ synd/2388 at Who Named It?

 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.