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Cells > Cellular Structures > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Fluid > Cerebrospinal Fluid
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Fluid > Cerebrospinal Fluid
Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Fluid > Cerebrospinal Fluid

Preferred term

Cerebrospinal Fluid  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cerebro Spinal Fluid
  • Cerebro Spinal Fluids
  • Fluid, Cerebro Spinal
  • Fluids, Cerebro Spinal
  • Spinal Fluid, Cerebro
  • Spinal Fluids, Cerebro

Note

  • IM as substance only: use the qualifier / csf with diseases & drugs; CSF production = / physiol, not / secret; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE and CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS are also available

Scope note

  • A watery fluid that is continuously produced in the CHOROID PLEXUS and circulates around the surface of the BRAIN; SPINAL CORD; and in the CEREBRAL VENTRICLES.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002555

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