Lateral ventricle of brain

Note- Lateral ventricle doesn’t have lateral wall.

Parts of lateral
ventricle

Location

Boundaries

Anterior horn

Frontal lobe

Roof – Corpus callosum

Floor – Head of caudate nucleus

Central part

Frontal lobe

Parietal lobe

• Roof- Corpus callosum (Largest

commisural fibre)

• Medial wall- Septum pellucidum (b/w

Rt & Lt ventricle) 

Floor- 

• Fornix 

• Choroid plexus

• Thalamus

• Thalamo-Striate vein

• Caudate nucleus

Posterior horn

Occipital lobe

Roof & Lateral wall- Tapetum

Medial wall- 

• Bulb of posterior horn (formed by
forceps major fibres)

• Calcar avis (formed

by Calcarine sulcus)

Inferior horn 

Temporal lobe

• Roof – Tail of caudate nucleus 

• Floor – Hippocampus 

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