lateral ventricle

lateral ventricle

a chamber of complex shape that lies within each cerebral hemisphere in the brain and serves as a reservoir of cerebrospinal fluid (see ventricle). Each lateral ventricle communicates with the third ventricle at a point near the thalamus.

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