A network formed by blood vessels and the tela choroidea which secretes CSF into the ventricular spaces. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choroid_plexus https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471888893 ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- EMAPA:32741
- BAMS:chpl
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/264450003
- BAMS:GHP
- NCIT:C12694
- UMLS:C0008524 (ncithesaurus:Choroid_Plexus)
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=1377
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choroid_plexus
- ZFA:0001443
- BTO:0000258
- MA:0000823
- BAMS:CHP
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0008524
- TAO:0001443
- CALOHA:TS-0145
- EFO:0001915
- FMA:61934
- BAMS:chp
- GAID:607
- VHOG:0001377
- MBA:108
- MESH:D002831
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
definition
- A network formed by blood vessels and the tela choroidea which secretes CSF into the ventricular spaces.
depicted by
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Gray708.svg
editor note
- TODO - check relationship to ventricle. Check subclass - ZFA says vasculature. Note that FMA:61934 (choroid plexus of cerebral hemisphere) has exact synonym 'choroid plexus' but it is not clear that this belongs here, as the fourth ventricle is not in the cerebral hemisphere
external definition
- A tuft of capillaries that project into the ventricles of the brain and secretes cerebral spinal fluid. The choroid plexus is covered by a cuboidal epithelium which maintains the integrity of the blood-brain barrier.[TAO]
- Fringe of the tela choroidea of the brain ventricles[MP]
has exact synonym
- plexus choroideus
- chorioid plexus
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- ventricular choroid plexus
- plexus choroideus
- choroid plexus of cerebral hemisphere
has relational adjective
- choroidal
id
- UBERON:0001886
Term relations
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