Brain ventricles and other structures

Brain. Coloured composite 3-D magneticresonance imaging (MRI) scan of a human brain, seen from the front. The ventricles (purple)circulate the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), whichcushions the brain. The two lateral ventricles lieeither side of the mid-line of the brain, one ineach cerebral hemisphere. They communicate withthe fourth ventricle (bottom centre). Beneath thelateral ventricles lie the sensory-processingthalami (yellow) and the hypothalamus (green, centre), which controls emotion and bodytemperature and releases chemicals that regulatehormone release from the pituitary gland (green, above fourth ventricle).. Stunning Photo Gifts From Science Photo Library

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