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Choroid plexus

noun
1.
A vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure.  Synonym: plexus choroideus.





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"Choroid plexus" Quotes from Famous Books



... junction is called a commissure (commiss. med.) and the space between them where they do not touch is called the third ventricle (ventric. III), which, like the lateral ventricles, may also hold a little serum. It is unnecessary to consider the small parts above the thalami, the choroid plexus of blood vessels, the fornix or strip of nerve membrane, and the septum lucidum or delicate ...
— Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 - Volume 1, Number 4 • Various
... Tumors of the choroid plexus, known as brain sand, are frequently met with on post-mortem examinations, but seldom give rise to any appreciable symptoms during life. They are found in horses at all ages, and are slow of development. They are found in one or both of the lateral ventricles, ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture


Words linked to "Choroid plexus" :   plexus choroideus, plexus, arteria choroidea, rete, choroidal artery


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