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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Exploration of the brain from its superior aspect

Lateral ventricle

Image #9-3

KEYWORDS: Brain, Telencephalon, Ventricules.

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Exploration of the brain from its superior aspect
Lateral ventricle
A large window has been cut in the corpus callosum to provide a view of the lateral ventricle. The contours and boundaries of the anterior horn, body and atrium of the lateral ventricle are shown in relation to structures seen in earlier stages of the dissection.
  1. Medullary substance of superior frontal gyrus
  2. Cut ends of superior longitudinal fasciculus
  3. Anterior horn lateral ventricle
  4. Temporal part of operculum
  5. Head of caudate nucleus
  6. Insula
  7. Internal capsule emerging to join corona radiate
  8. Caudate nucleus (tail)
  9. Artery of central sulcus
  10. Transverse temporal gyrus
  11. Lamina affixa overlying thalamus
  12. Choroid plexus lying in atrium of lateral ventricle
  13. Cut edge of tapetum
  14. Occipital part radiations of corpus callosum
  15. Angular gyrus (dissected)
  16. Meninges and vessels in depths of parieto-occipital fissure
  17. Lingual gyrus (cut across)
  18. Calcarine fissure
  19. Medullary substance of cuneus
  20. Frontal pole
  21. Longitudinal fissure (cerebral vein displaced downward in this area)
  22. Cingulate gyrus (cut across)
  23. Cut edge of frontal part radiations of corpus callosum
  24. Ventricular surface of rostral corpus callosum
  25. Central sulcus
  26. Position of interventricular foramen (not visible in view)
  27. Anterior thalamic tubercle
  28. Corpus callosum (trunk)
  29. Choroid plexus lateral ventricle
  30. Upper surface of fornix (body)
  31. Cut edge of corpus callosum
  32. Cingulum (cut across)
  33. Superior surface of cerebellum (in transverse cerebral fissure)
  34. Parieto-occipital fissure