Abstract
The ependymal lining of the walls of the human brain third ventricle (3v), fourth ventricle (4v) and aqueductus cerebri (A) was studied. For a better localization of different ependymal areas, they were labelled by periventricular structures that represent a basic and stable part of brain nerve tissue and they are localized most closely to ventricle walls. Labelling of individual ependymal areas of the ventricle walls was composed of the number of a brain ventricle, letters: E – ependyma and abbreviation of a Latin name of the periventricular structure, e.g., the corpus mammillare is “CM“. Labelling of ependyma over the corpus mammillare is” 3vE – CM “Results of labelling of ependymal areas were arranged in the form of tables called “ependymal table “(ET), i.e., ET for 3v; ET for 4v; ET for A. It is believed that labelling of individual ependymal areas according to periventricular structures could be useful for unambiguous labelling of ependyma of the ventricle walls and will help to a mutual comparison of the same types of ependymal areas studied by various authors.
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Abbreviations
- 3v:
-
Ventriculus tertius (third ventricle)
- 4v:
-
Ventriculus quartus (fourth ventricle)
- A:
-
Aqueductus cerebri (cerebral aqueduct)
- CA:
-
Commissura anterior (anterior commissure)
- cc:
-
Canalis centralis medullae spinalis (central canal of spinal cord)
- CF:
-
Corpus fornicis (fornix body)
- CHO:
-
Chiasma opticum (optic chiasm)
- CM:
-
Corpus mammillare (mammillary body)
- COI:
-
Colliculus inferior (inferior colliculus)
- CP:
-
Commissura posterior (posterior commissure)
- FI:
-
Fossa interpeduncularis (interpeduncular fossa)
- FIV:
-
Foramen interventriculare (interventricular foramen)
- H:
-
Hypothalamus (hypothalamus)
- I:
-
Infundibulum (infundibulum)
- Lv:
-
Ventriculus lateralis (lateral ventricle)
- NCT:
-
Nucleus centromedialis thalami (centromedial nucleus of thalamus)
- NH:
-
Nucleus habenularis (habenular nucleus)
- NMT:
-
Nuclei mediales thalami (medial nuclei of thalamus)
- NPI:
-
Nuclei praeoptici (preoptic nuclei)
- P:
-
Pons (pons)
- PC:
-
Pedunculus cerebri (cerebral peduncle)
- PCS:
-
Pedunculus cerebellaris superior (peduncle cerebellar superior)
- T:
-
Thalamus, (thalamus)
- TMT:
-
Tractus mamillothalamicus (mammillothalamic tract)
- VMS:
-
Velum medullare superius (superior medullary velum)
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Mitro, A., Lorencová, M., Mikušová, R. et al. Labelling of individual ependymal areas in the third and fourth ventricle of the human brain: ependymal tables. Biologia 74, 533–541 (2019). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-019-00192-4
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