third ventricle

a cavity of the brain, filled with cerebrospinal fluid, that forms a cleft between the two lobes of the thalamus beneath the cerebral hemispheres. It communicates with the lateral ventricles and caudally with the fourth ventricle through the cerebral aqueduct.

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October 18th 2024

cofigurative culture

a society or culture in which people learn chiefly from other people in the same age group, so that, for example, children learn mostly from children and young adults from young adults. Compare postfigurative culture; prefigurative culture. [coined by U.S. anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901–1978)]