choroid plexus

Noun

Meaning

a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure

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Along the inner surface of both ventricles, the ventricular wall remains thin, and a choroid plexus develops, releasing CSF. Source: Internet

High and rapid concentration of radio-iodide (in white) in extra-thyroidal organs is evident in gastric mucosa of the stomach, epidermis, salivary glands, periencephalic and cerebro-spinal fluid, choroid plexus and oral mucosa. Source: Internet

Preliminary data suggest that these CSF-lymph connections form around the time that the CSF secretory capacity of the choroid plexus is developing (in utero ). Source: Internet

The choroid plexus is a venous plexus contained within the four ventricles of the brain, hollow structures inside the brain filled with CSF. Source: Internet

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