cerebral aqueduct (redirected from Mesencephalic duct)

aqueduct /aq·ue·duct/ (ak´wĕ-dukt″) any canal or passage.

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cerebral aqueduct  a narrow channel in the midbrain connecting the third and fourth ventricles.

cochlear aqueduct  a small canal that interconnects the scala tympani with the subarachnoid space.

aqueduct of Sylvius , ventricular aqueduct cerebral a.

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cerebral aqueduct

n.

A short canal in the cerebrum, lined with ependymal cells and leading downward through the mesencephalon from the third to the fourth ventricle. Also called sylvian aqueduct.

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cerebral aqueduct

Etymology: L, cerebrum + aqueductus, water canal

the narrow conduit in the midbrain, between the third and the fourth ventricles, that conveys the cerebrospinal fluid. Also called aqueduct of Sylvius.

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aqueduct [ak´wĕ-dukt″]

any canal or passage.

cerebral aqueduct a narrow channel in the midbrain connecting the third and fourth ventricles and containing cerebrospinal fluid.

aqueduct of Fallopius the canal for the facial nerve in the temporal bone.

sylvian aqueduct (aqueduct of Sylvius) (ventricular aqueduct) cerebral aqueduct.

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aqueduct

canal or passage.

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cerebral aqueduct

a narrow channel in the midbrain connecting the third and fourth ventricles and containing cerebrospinal fluid. Called also aqueduct of Sylvius.

aqueduct of cochlea

a narrow canal that unites the perilymphatic space near the base of the cochlea with the subarachnoid space beneath the temporal bone. Called also perilymphatic duct.

aqueduct of Cotunnius

vestibular aqueduct.

aqueduct of Fallopius

the canal for the facial nerve in the temporal bone. Called also facial canal.

sylvian aqueduct, aqueduct of Sylvius

cerebral aqueduct. Called also ventricular aqueduct.

ventricular aqueduct

see cerebral aqueduct (above).

vestibular aqueduct

bony canal that opens onto the medial surface of the temporal bone and passes to the vestibule of the inner ear; houses the endolymphatic duct. Called also aqueduct of Cotunnius.