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Q: What is the function of lateral ventricles in the brain?
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What is the function of the septum pellucidum?

The function of the septum pellucidum is to cover and seperate the lateral ventricles. And by covering these ventricles it can also help keeping in the cerebrospinal fluid produced by the choroid plexus within those ventricles.


Where are the lateral ventricles located in the brain?

Each cerebral hemisphere


What is the medical term meaning fluid-filled cavities in the brain?

The ventricles are the fluid-filled cavities of the brain.


What does the lateral ventricle communicate with?

The lateral ventricles are in the brain and connect to the third ventricle through the foreman of Monroe.


The four chambers within the brain where cerebrospinal fluid is produced are called?

Two lateral ventricles, third ventricles and the forth ventricles produce the cerebrospinal fluid.


A brain ventricle located in the cerebrum is the ventricle?

Left & right lateral ventricles


What are the interconnecting spaces that produce and serve as a reservoir for cerebrospinal fluid in the brain called?

The interconnected spaces that produce and serve as a reservoir for cerebrospinal fluid in the brain are called ventricles. There are four ventricles in the brain - two lateral ventricles, a third ventricle, and a fourth ventricle. These ventricles are responsible for the production, circulation, and drainage of cerebrospinal fluid.


What are the ventricles that lie within the cerebral hemispheres?

lateral ventricle


Where do the cerebrosoinal fluid formed?

Cerebrospinal fluid is formed in two lateral, third and forth ventricles of the brain.


What structure communicates the lateral ventricles with foramen of Monro?

The foramen of Monro connect the lateral ventricles with the third ventricle.


What is the chamber containing csf in the brain called?

Enlarged chambers in the brain containing cerebrospinal fluid is called ventriculomegaly. If caused by increased CSF or increased CSF pressure, it is called hydrocephalus.They are called as ventricles. You have two lateral ventricles, one third ventricle and one forth ventricle.


What are the fluid filled spaces within brain?

Those holes are called Ventricles, and together are part of the ventricular system. There are 4 ventricles altogether in the brain: 2 lateral ventricles (right and left) a third ventricle and a fourth ventricle (names are not very original, but thankfully easy to remember).