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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) location in the brain and spinal cord (CNS)
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is found in the brain ventricular spaces, spinal cord central canal and the subarachnoid space (between arachnoid mater and pia mater).
Brain four ventricles and several foramina (openings that connect ventricular spaces)
- 2 lateral ventricles (right and left)
- interventricular foramina (foramina of Monro)
- third ventricle
- cerebral aqueduct (Sylvius)
- fourth ventricle
- median aperture (Magendie) subarachnoid space via the cisterna magna
- right and left lateral aperture (Luschka) subarachnoid space via the cistern of great cerebral vein
Spinal cord
- central canal
Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, April 19) Embryology Csf cartoon2.jpg. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:Csf_cartoon2.jpg
- © Dr Mark Hill 2024, UNSW Embryology ISBN: 978 0 7334 2609 4 - UNSW CRICOS Provider Code No. 00098G
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