Concept information
Preferred term
Choroid Plexus
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Chorioid Plexus
- Choroideus, Plexus
- Plexus, Chorioid
- Plexus Choroideus
Note
- in the brain: do not confuse with CHOROID (in the eye); diseases: coordinate IM with BRAIN DISEASES (IM); neoplasms = CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS
Scope note
- A villous structure of tangled masses of BLOOD VESSELS contained within the third, lateral, and fourth ventricles of the BRAIN. It regulates part of the production and composition of CEREBROSPINAL FLUID.
In other languages
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Finnish
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plexus chorioideus
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plexus choroideus
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002831
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