LateralventriclesFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchTwolargestventriclesineachcerebralhemisphereLateralventriclesSchemeshowingrelationsoftheventriclestothesurfaceofthebrain;orientedfacingleft.Drawingofacastoftheventricularcavities,viewedfromtheside;orientedfacingright.DetailsIdentifiersLatinventriculuslateralisMeSHD020547NeuroNames209NeuroLexIDbirnlex_1263TA98A14.1.09.272TA25639FMA78448Anatomicaltermsofneuroanatomy[editonWikidata]Thelateralventriclesarethetwolargestventriclesofthebrainandcontaincerebrospinalfluid(CSF).Eachcerebralhemispherecontainsalateralventricle,knownastheleftorrightventricle,respectively.EachlateralventricleresemblesaC-shapedcavitythatbeginsataninferiorhorninthetemporallobe,travelsthroughabodyintheparietallobeandfrontallobe,andultimatelyterminatesattheinterventricularforaminawhereeachlateralventricleconnectstothesingle,centralthirdventricle.Alongthepath,aposteriorhornextendsbackwardintotheoccipitallobe,andananteriorhornextendsfartherintothefrontallobe.Contents1Structure1.1Anteriorhornsoflateralventricle1.2Bodyofthelateralventricle1.3Trigoneoflateralventricle1.4Posteriorhornoflateralventricle1.5Inferiorhornoflateralventricle1.6Development2Clinicalsignificance3Additionalimages4Seealso5ReferencesStructure[edit]LateralventriclesandhornsThelateralventriclesconnectedtothethirdventriclebytheinterventricularforaminaEachlateralventricletakestheformofanelongatedcurve,withanadditionalanterior-facingcontinuationemerginginferiorlyfromapointneartheposteriorendofthecurve;thejunctionisknownasthetrigoneofthelateralventricle.Thecentreofthesuperiorcurveisreferredtoasthebody,whilethethreeremainingportionsareknownashorns(cornuainLatin);theyareusuallyreferredtobytheirpositionrelativetothebody(anterior,posterior,orinferior),orsometimesbythelobeofthecerebralcortexintowhichtheyextend.Thoughsomewhatflat,thelateralventricleshaveavaguelytriangularcross-section.Ependyma,whichareneuroepithelialcells,linetheventricularsystemincludingthelateralventric