CHOROID PLEXUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does choroid plexus mean? 

• CHOROID PLEXUS (noun)
  The noun CHOROID PLEXUS has 1 sense:

1. a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure

  Familiarity information: CHOROID PLEXUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOROID PLEXUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

choroid plexus; plexus choroideus

Hypernyms ("choroid plexus" is a kind of...):

plexus; rete (a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels)

Meronyms (parts of "choroid plexus"):

arteria choroidea; choroidal artery (an artery that supplies the choroid plexus)

 Context examples 

A meningioma that affects the choroid plexus.

(Choroid Plexus Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

The epithelium of the choroid plexus at the lateral ventricle; which consists of cuboidal cells.

(Choroid Plexus Epithelium of the Lateral Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)

Encoded by human LEPR Gene (gp130 Cytokine Receptor Family), five Leptin Receptor isoforms are variously expressed in liver, hypothalamus, heart, small intestine, hematopoietic tissues, choroid plexus, prostate, ovary, lung, and kidney.

(Leptin Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

CSF is made by tissue called the choroid plexus in the ventricles (hollow spaces) in the brain.

(CSF, NCI Dictionary)

One of two arteries (anterior and posterior choroidal artery) that supply blood to the choroid plexus, optic tract, hippocampus, globus pallidus, and other various brain regions.

(Choroidal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A narrow groove along the medial wall of the lateral ventricle from which the choroid plexus attaches.

(Choroidal Fissure, NCI Thesaurus)

The epithelium of the choroid plexus; which consists of cuboidal cells.

(Choroid Plexus Epithelium, NCI Thesaurus)

The epithelium of the choroid plexus at the fourth ventricle; which consists of cuboidal cells.

(Choroid Plexus Epithelium of the Fourth Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)

A choroid plexus papilloma characterized by increased mitotic activity.

(Atypical Choroid Plexus Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

Cerebrospinal fluid is made by tissue called the choroid plexus in the ventricles (hollow spaces) in the brain.

(Cerebrospinal fluid, NCI Dictionary)