brain ventricle

One of the system of communicating cavities in the brain that are continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord, that like it are derived from the medullary canal of the embryo, that are lined with an epithelial ependyma, and that contain a serous fluid. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the brain ventricle is

One of the system of communicating cavities in the brain that are continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord, that like it are derived from the medullary canal of the embryo, that are lined with an epithelial ependyma, and that contain a serous fluid. The atlas records it as a tissue at the tissue scale in the human body.

Where the brain ventricle is

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the brain ventricle connects to

The atlas records 10 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of brain and ventricular system of brain.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the brain ventricle. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as brain ventricles, cerebral ventricle and region of ventricular system of brain. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0004086, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: brain and ventricular system of brain.
• A kind of: anatomical structure and ventricle of nervous system.
• subtype: fourth ventricle, midbrain cerebral aqueduct, telencephalic ventricle and third ventricle.
• contains: brain ependyma and choroid plexus.

Questions

Where is the brain ventricle?

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the brain ventricle connect to?

Part of: brain and ventricular system of brain.

Is the brain ventricle the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.