The tenth cranial nerve, which is a mixed nerve that has both motor and sensory function.

Therapy for epilepsy which applies small electrical pulses to the vagus nerve in the neck which regulates internal organs. This therapy is used in patients suffering from partial epilepsy who have failed traditional drug therapy.

Chambers within the brain that contain the cerebrospinal fluid.

Inflammation and/or infection of the ventricles.

The surgical opening in a ventricle of the brain to drain cerebrospinal fluid, especially in hydrocephalus.

One of the 33 bones of the spinal column. A cervical, thoracic, or lumbar vertebra has a cylindrically-shaped bony anteriorly and a neural arch posteriorly (composed primarily of the laminae and pedicles as well as the other structures in the posterior aspect of the vertebra) that protects the spinal cord. The plural of vertebra is vertebrae.

Sensation of movement or rotation of one's self.