The fourth ventricle has a diamond shape and is situated immediately anteriorly to the cerebellum. The lateral walls of the fourth ventricle are made up of the cerebella peduncles. It contains a...

A disorder which arises as a result of imapaired CSF drainage. This can be due to a number of factors such as cribiform plate obstruction. The obstruction causes the volume of CSF to increase and...

A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to a change in the normal blood supply to the brain. In an ischemic stroke, there is a reduction in the blood supply to an area...

  (kilopascal) A unit of pressure, measuring force per unit area.

  The lateral ventricles are the largest and most superior of the ventricles. They are lined by ependymal epithelia, and have a choroid plexus in their superior part of the inferior horn. Each...