Labelling of individual ependymal areas in the third and fourth ventricle of the human brain: ependymal tables

The ependymal lining of the walls of the human brain third ventricle (3v), fourth ventricle (4v) and aqueductus cerebri (A) was studied. For a better localization of different ependymal areas, they were labelled by periventricular structures that represent a basic and stable part of brain nerve tissue and they are localized most closely to ventricle walls. Labelling of individual ependymal areas of the ventricle walls was composed of the number of a brain ventricle, letters: E – ependyma and abbreviation of a Latin name of the periventricular structure, e.g., the corpus mammillare is “CM“. Labelling of ependyma over the corpus mammillare is” 3vE – CM “Results of labelling of ependymal areas were arranged in the form of tables called “ependymal table “(ET), i.e., ET for 3v; ET for 4v; ET for A. It is believed that labelling of individual ependymal areas according to periventricular structures could be useful for unambiguous labelling of ependyma of the ventricle walls and will help to a mutual comparison of the same types of ependymal areas studied by various authors.