CSF
Noun
Meaning
(medicine) Initialism of cerebrospinal fluid.
(virology) Initialism of classical swine fever, caused by Pestivirus C (CSFV)
(management) Initialism of critical success factor.
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Along the inner surface of both ventricles, the ventricular wall remains thin, and a choroid plexus develops, releasing CSF.
Analysis of the patient's cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which is collected by a lumbar puncture ("spinal tap"), reveals an increased number of white blood cells (primarily lymphocytes ) and a mildly elevated protein level.
But for some 16 intervening centuries of ongoing anatomical study, CSF remains unmentioned in the literature.
Caesium iodide (CsI), bromide (CsBr) and caesium fluoride (CsF) crystals are employed for scintillators in scintillation counters widely used in mineral exploration and particle physics research to detect gamma and X-ray radiation.
As a result, CSF contains a higher concentration of sodium and chloride than blood plasma, but less potassium, calcium and glucose and protein.
Between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater is the subarachnoid space which contains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).