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Cerebellum, Pons and Fourth Ventricle

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

fourth ventricle (cavity of the hind-brain)

• located in front of the cerebellum and behind the pons and upper half of the medulla oblongata.
• Developmentally considered, the fourth ventricle consists of three parts

1. superior - belonging to the isthmus rhombencephali.
2. intermediate - to the metencephalon.
3. inferior - to the myelencephalon.

• lined by ciliated epithelium, and is continuous below with the central canal of the medulla oblongata above
• communicates, by means of a passage termed the cerebral aqueduct, with the cavity of the third ventricle.
• presents four angles
• possesses a roof or dorsal wall, a floor or ventral wall, and lateral boundaries.

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Reference

Gray H. Anatomy of the human body. (1918) Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger.

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