choroid plexus
Cerebrospinal fluid factory
The choroid plexus is a network of cells and blood vessels in the brain's ventricles that produces cerebrospinal fluid, the clear liquid surrounding and cushioning the brain and spinal cord.
This structure filters blood plasma to create the fluid while also forming part of the blood-brain barrier.
Medical contexts may reference it in discussions of hydrocephalus or certain tumors.
- brain fluidLiquid cushioning the mind
- ventriclesMuscular pumping chambers
- brainSeat of cognition
- spinal cordBrain's extension through vertebrae
- CSFNeural tissue buffer
secretion · third ventricle · blood-brain barrier · blood supply · hydrocephalus · spinal tap · fourth ventricle · papilloma · brain tumor · cranial nerves · epithelium · capillaries · filtration · arachnoid · neural tube · cranium · cerebrum · brainstem
- brain anatomybrain, cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, cortex
- neuroanatomybrain, cerebellum, cerebral cortex, thalamus, hypothalamus
- brain regionscerebrum, frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe
- brain circulationcerebral artery, carotid artery, blood-brain barrier, blood brain barrier, jugular vein
- CSF systemCSF, third ventricle, fourth ventricle, ventricles, aqueduct of Sylvius
- _plex wordsduplex, triplex, quadruplex, cineplex
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