Lateral aperture
Animation showing the fourth ventricle (in red). The little points sticking out on the left and right are the two parts of the lateral recess, which end in the foramen of Luschka.
Human caudal brainstem posterior view (Lateral aperture is #18)
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Latinapertura lateralis ventriculi quarti
Acronym(s)LA4V
NeuroNames640
TA98A14.1.05.718
TA25969
FMA78473
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The lateral aperture of the fourth ventricle or foramen of Luschka (after anatomist Hubert von Luschka)[1] is an opening at the lateral extremity of either lateral recess of the fourth ventricle opening anteriorly[2] into (sources differ) the pontine cistern[2]/lateral cerebellomedullary cistern[3] at cerebellopontine angle.[3] A tuft of choroid plexus commonly extends into the lateral aperture, partially obstructing CSF flow through this aperture.[4]

The opening of the lateral aperture occurs just lateral to the cranial nerve VIII,[2] and proximally to the flocculus of cerebellum.[4]

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  1. ^ Hubert Von Luschka at whonamedit.com
  2. ^ a b c Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 483. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.
  3. ^ a b "lateral aperture of fourth ventricle". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  4. ^ a b Waxman, Stephen G. (2009). Clinical Neuroanatomy (26th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-07-160399-7.


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