atrium ventriculi lateralis

atrium ventriculi lateralis
[TA] atrium of lateral ventricle: the expansion of the lateral ventricle marking the meeting of the body (pars centralis) and the occipital (cornu occipitale) and temporal horns (cornu temporale).

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