Fourth Ventricle Roof And Floor

The fourth ventricle has lateral boundaries a roof and a floor.
Fourth ventricle roof and floor. The caudal tip of the fourth ventricle where it becomes the central canal is known as the obex. Inside the brain there are four cavities called ventricles. This region contains the cardiorespiratory deglutition and vasomotor centers. Roof of the fourth ventricle formed by thin laminae of white matter.
The lateral boundaries are formed on each side by the superior cerebellar peduncle the inferior cerebellar peduncle and the cuneate and gracile tubercles. The fourth ventricle contains cerebrospinal fluid. The bounds of the 4th ventricle contain sidelong boundaries a roof and a floor lateral bounds lateral walls. The roof is composed of the cerebellum.
Csf produced and or flowing into the fourth ventricle can exit to the subarachnoid space through lateral apertures and a single median aperture located in the inferiorportion of the roof. The posterior boundary or roof of the fourth ventricle is very thin and concealed by the cerebellum. The lowermost portion of the floor of the fourth ventricle is called the calamus scriptorius as it appears to resemble the tip of a pen. The obex is also a.
On every side the 4th ventricle is limted inferiolaterally by the inferior cerebellar peduncle sup plemented by gracile and cuneate tubercles and superolaterally by the superior cerebellar peduncle.