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Definition of Plexus choroideus

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

Medical Definition of Plexus choroideus

1. Formed by the invagination of ependyma into ventricles CP of lateral and third ventricles are continuous, extends posteriorly to temporal horn, 3rd and two lateral ventricles continuous at interventricular foramen CP of fourth ventricle is seperate, shape of a T, vertical limb extends from near Magendie's foramen to the fastigium, horizontal limbs project into cerebellopontine angle cisterns the glomus is a localised enlargement of CP, found at the posterior part of the floor of the ventricle (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Plexus choroideus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Batrachia of North America by Edward Drinker Cope (1889)
"... c, floor of mesencephalon, showing commissure c and cerebellum, epe, and fourth ventricle, iv; d, commissure from bi hind: pc, plexus choroideus. 3. ..."

2. The Anatomy of the Central Nervous Organs in Health and Disease by Heinrich Obersteiner (1890)
"A peculiar shaggy plexus of vessels, the plexus choroideus cerebelli medialis, hangs to the under surface of the tela choroidea on either side of the middle ..."

3. Text-book of the embryology of man and mammals by Oscar Hertwig, Edward Laurens Mark (1905)
"... t, third ventricle; )>(, plexus choroideus of the lateral ventricle ;/, falx cerebri; <A,c!eep«t anterior part of the optic ..."

4. Cerebrospinal Fluid in Health and in Disease by Abraham Levinson (1919)
"... des plexus choroideus in Beziehung zur ... Yoshimura: Das histochemische Verhalten des menschlichen plexus choroideus, ..."

5. The Batrachia of North America by Edward Drinker Cope (1889)
"... c, floor of mesencephalon, showing commissure c and cerebellum, epe, and fourth ventricle, iv; d, commissure from bi hind: pc, plexus choroideus. 3. ..."

6. The Anatomy of the Central Nervous Organs in Health and Disease by Heinrich Obersteiner (1890)
"A peculiar shaggy plexus of vessels, the plexus choroideus cerebelli medialis, hangs to the under surface of the tela choroidea on either side of the middle ..."

7. Text-book of the embryology of man and mammals by Oscar Hertwig, Edward Laurens Mark (1905)
"... t, third ventricle; )>(, plexus choroideus of the lateral ventricle ;/, falx cerebri; <A,c!eep«t anterior part of the optic ..."

8. Cerebrospinal Fluid in Health and in Disease by Abraham Levinson (1919)
"... des plexus choroideus in Beziehung zur ... Yoshimura: Das histochemische Verhalten des menschlichen plexus choroideus, ..."

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