Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

medial eminence of fourth ventricle

Synonyms

medial eminence of floor of fourth ventricle

medial eminence

Definitions

Raised area at the infundibular region of the hypothalamus at the floor of the brain, ventral to the third ventricle and adjacent to the arcuate nucleus. It contains the terminals of hypothalamic neurons and the capillary network of hypophyseal portal system, thus serving as a neuroendocrine link between the brain and the pituitary gland. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID7151

Definition

Raised area at the infundibular region of the hypothalamus at the floor of the brain, ventral to the third ventricle and adjacent to the arcuate nucleus. It contains the terminals of hypothalamic neurons and the capillary network of hypophyseal portal system, thus serving as a neuroendocrine link between the brain and the pituitary gland. [MeSH]

FMAID

78479

label

RID7151

Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID7147

Preferred_name

medial eminence of fourth ventricle

prefixIRI

RID7151

prefLabel

medial eminence of fourth ventricle

Synonym

medial eminence of floor of fourth ventricle

medial eminence

UMLS_ID

C0025056

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID13840

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