lateral ventricle
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- noun
- /ˈlætərəl ˈvɛntrɪkəl/
- Specialized
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ventrículo lateral
- The third ventricle and lateral ventricle are just coming around and there are no lesions, no bumps.
Examples
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Unlike controls (top), Temple Grandin has lateral ventricles (bottom) that are significantly larger on the left side of her brain than on the right.
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Second, Owen stated that only humans possessed a posterior cornu in their lateral ventricle.
Academic text (1995) -
Grandin's lateral ventricles, the chambers that hold cerebrospinal fluid, are skewed in size so that the left one is much larger than the right.
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There is no single lesion in the brain to account for schizophrenia, though overall loss of brain volume, especially in the amygdala and hippocampus, with a resulting increase in the lateral ventricles, is a consistent finding.
Academic text (2004) -
The lateral ventricle is filled with cerebrospinal fluid, which helps cushion the brain.
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Doctors often assess the size of the lateral ventricle to diagnose potential brain conditions.
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Within each cerebral hemisphere, the lateral ventricle plays a crucial role in brain function.
Synonyms
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One of the four connected cavities in the brain that hold the fluid around the brain and spinal cord
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents are semantically transparent: 'lateral' means related to the side and 'ventricle' denotes a brain cavity holding cerebrospinal fluid. A B1 learner who knows these words can infer that a 'lateral ventricle' is a ventricle located on the side of the brain (while specific anatomical details like shape and connections are specialist information).
Etymology
Lateral ventricle: The noun lateral ventricle comes from two parts: lateral meaning 'side' and ventricle meaning 'small space'. So the name describes the two side spaces in the brain that hold the fluid around the brain.