Intermediate Ventricular System Quiz

Q1. Which parts make up a lateral ventricle?

• Anterior recess, optic recess, pineal recess, and median aperture
• Frontal sinus, temporal sinus, occipital sinus, and atrium
• Superior horn, medial horn, aqueduct, and central canal
• Anterior horn, body, posterior horn, and inferior horn

Q2. Which lobe contains the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle?

• Frontal lobe
• Insula
• Occipital lobe
• Temporal lobe

Q3. Which lobe contains the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle?

• Frontal lobe
• Temporal lobe
• Parietal lobe
• Occipital pole only

Q4. Which lobe contains the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle?

• Occipital lobe
• Temporal lobe
• Frontal lobe
• Insula

Q5. Which structure forms much of the roof of the anterior horn and body of the lateral ventricle?

• Corpus callosum
• Hypothalamus
• Tectum
• Pons

Q6. Which structure forms an important part of the floor of the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle?

• Pineal gland
• Hippocampus
• Caudate head
• Red nucleus

Q7. Which ventricular recess extends toward the optic chiasm from the third ventricle?

• Suprapineal recess
• Pineal recess
• Optic recess
• Lateral recess

Q8. Which recess of the third ventricle extends into the base of the pineal stalk?

• Pineal recess
• Infundibular recess
• Lateral recess of the fourth ventricle
• Optic recess

Q9. What is the tela choroidea?

• A commissural white matter tract
• A basal ganglia nucleus
• A vascular membrane contributing to choroid plexus formation
• A dural venous sinus

Q10. Which openings are also known as the foramen of Magendie and foramina of Luschka?

• Median and lateral apertures of the fourth ventricle
• Interventricular foramina
• Foramina in the septum pellucidum
• Openings of the cerebral aqueduct