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Descriptor English: Choroid Plexus
Descriptor Spanish: Plexo Coroideo
Descriptor plexo coroideo
Scope note: Estructura vellosa formada por una masa enredada de VASOS SANGUÍNEOS y que se encuentra dentro de los ventrículos cuarto, tercero y laterales del CEREBRO. Regula parte de la producción y composición del LÍQUIDO CEFALORRAQUÍDEO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Plexo Corióideo
Descriptor French: Plexus choroïde
Entry term(s): Chorioid Plexus
Choroideus, Plexus
Plexus Choroideus
Plexus, Chorioid
Plexus, Choroid
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.140.298
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002831
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.
Annotation: in the brain: do not confuse with CHOROID (in the eye); diseases: coordinate IM with BRAIN DISEASES (IM); neoplasms = CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Cerebral Ventriculography MeSH
DeCS ID: 2881
Unique ID: D002831
NLM Classification: WL 307
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Choroid Plexus - Preferred
Concept UI M0004348
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.
Preferred term Choroid Plexus
Entry term(s) Chorioid Plexus
Choroideus, Plexus
Plexus Choroideus
Plexus, Chorioid
Plexus, Choroid



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