2025-09-94
Department of Psychology
ctdalilah (2006)
Kids Learning Tube (2015)
Clinical relevance
Q: What disease is associated with inflammation of (e.g., ‘-itis’) of the meninges?
Clinical relevance
Hydrocephalus can occur there is a blockage in the flow of CSF through the cerebral ventricles.
Note
The Circle of Willis helps equalize blood pressures among the ascending arteries from the heart.
Major division | Ventricular Landmark | Embryonic Division | Structure |
---|---|---|---|
Forebrain | Lateral | Telencephalon | Cerebral cortex |
Basal ganglia | |||
Hippocampus, Amygdala |
Major division | Ventricular Landmark | Embryonic Division | Structure |
---|---|---|---|
Third | Diencephalon | Thalamus | |
Hypothalamus | |||
Midbrain | Cerebral Aqueduct | Mesencephalon | Tectum, Tegmentum |
Major division | Ventricular Landmark | Embryonic Division | Structure |
---|---|---|---|
Hindbrain | 4th | Rhombencephalon | Cerebellum, pons |
– | Medulla oblongata |
Note
Some of these terms arise from the developmental stages of the human embryo.
https://www.simplypsychology.org/forebrain-midbrain-hindbrain.html
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