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Cavum Vergae

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Abstract

The cavum vergae is the posterior extension of the cavum septi pellucidi. It is also called the sixth ventricle, which is a misnomer because the cavum does not contain cerebrospinal fluid nor is it lined by ependyma. The cavity was first described by the Italian anatomist, Andrea Verga, in 1851. It may exist as a separate cavity rather than communicating with the cavum septi pellucidi. The incidence of the cavum vergae was 2.3% in 1032 brains. Verga's ventricle is present in 1-9% of human brains and was described by Verga in 1851 according to Lang (1983).

The cavum vergae is the posterior extension of the cavum septi pellucidi. It is also called the sixth ventricle, which is a misnomer because the cavum does not contain cerebrospinal fluid nor is it lined by ependyma.

The cavity was first described by the Italian anatomist, Andrea Verga, in 1851. It may exist as a separate cavity rather than communicating with the cavum septi pellucidi. The incidence of the cavum vergae was 2.3% in 1032 brains.

Verga's ventricle is present in 1-9% of human brains and was described by Verga in 1851 according to Lang (1983).

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Figura della scheda «Cavum Vergae», da Anatomy Atlases

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Riferimenti dell’opera originale

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  • Backman, E. (1924) Septum pellucidum and Verga's ventrikel. Upsala Läkarefören. Forhandl. N.F., 29:215.
  • Dandy, W.E. (1931) Congenital cerebral cysts of the cavum septi pellucidi (fifth ventricle) and cavum vergae (sixth ventricle). Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry 25:44-66.
  • Lang, J. (1983) Clinical Anatomy of the Head. Neurocranium, Orbit, Craniocervical Regions. Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, New York.
  • Mori, K. (1985) Anomalies of the central nervous system. Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery. Thieme-Stratton, Inc., New york.
  • Schwidde, J.T. (1952) Incidence of cavum septi pellucidi and cavum vergae in 1032 human brains. Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry 67:625-632.

Anatomical classification

Systems:
Nervous system

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Adaptation of «Cavum Vergae — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/NervousSystem/Text/CavumVergae.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Adaptation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Testo originale inglese riprodotto integralmente e riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti), senza modificarne le affermazioni. La traduzione italiana non è ancora stata eseguita, e la pagina lo dichiara. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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