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Choroid Plexus

Medical Definition: 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.
Guide Notes: in the brain: do not confuse with CHOROID (in the eye); diseases: coord IM with BRAIN DISEASES (IM); neopl = CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; choroid plexus papilloma = GLIOMA (IM) + CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS (IM); /radiogr: coord with CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY

Choroid Plexus Medical Definitions and Terms

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