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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 |
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