| Term: | fourth ventricle cerebrospinal fluid circulation |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | fourth ventricle |
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| Synonyms: | 4th ventricle, hindbrain ventricle, rhombencephalic ventricle, rhombencephalic vesicle, ventricle IV, ventriculus rhombencephali |
| Definition: | Fluid-filled brain cavity. Most posterior brain ventricle. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000110] |
| Name: | cerebrospinal fluid circulation |
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| Synonyms: | cerebrospinal fluid flow, CSF circulation, CSF flow |
| Definition: | The neurological system process driven by motile cilia on ependymal cells of the brain by which cerebrospinal fluid circulates from the sites of secretion to the sites of absorption. In ventricular cavities, the flow is unidirectional and rostrocaudal, in subarachnoid spaces, the flow is multi-directional. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0090660] QuickGO AmiGO |