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Brain: Cerebral aqueduct
Cn3nucleus
Section through superior colliculus showing path of oculomotor nerve.
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Latin aqueductus mesencephali (cerebri)
Gray's subject #188 806
Part of
Components
Artery
Vein
BrainInfo/UW hier-500
MeSH A08.186.211.132.659.822.187

The cerebral aqueduct , also known as the aqueduct of Sylvius or the mesencephalic duct, is a canal containing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which lies within the mesencephalon (or midbrain) and connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon to the fourth ventricle, which is between the pons and cerebellum.

Pathology[]

A blockage in this duct is a cause of hydrocephalus.

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Mesencephalon (midbrain)

cerebral peduncle: midbrain tegmentum (periaqueductal gray, ventral tegmentum, nucleus raphe dorsalis), pretectum, substantia nigra, red nucleus, pedunculopontine nucleus, medial longitudinal fasciculus, medial lemniscus, rubrospinal tract, lateral lemniscus

tectum: corpora quadrigemina, inferior colliculi, superior colliculi

cerebral aqueduct: oculomotor nucleus, trochlear nucleus, Edinger-Westphal nucleus


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