interventricular foramen

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Noun1.interventricular foramen - the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere
foramen of Monro, Monro's foramen
foramen, hiatus - a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
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