Thursday, February 26, 2015
Cerebral aqueduct Anatomy
Cerebral aqueduct- also known as the mesencephalic duct or the aqueduct of silvius. It contains cerebraospinal fluid(CSF-Cerebrospinal fluid {CSF}Liquor cerebrospinalis, is a clear bodily fluid that occupies the subarachnoid space in the brain {he space between the skull and the cerebral cortex—more specifically, between the arachnoid and pia layers of the meninges}It is basically a saline solution with microglia and acts as a "cushion" or buffer for the cortex.) is within the mesencephalon (or midbrain) and connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon) to the fourth ventricle, which is between the pons and cerebellum.
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