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Choroid plexus

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Main Entry: choroid plexus
Function: noun
: a highly vascular portion of the pia mater that projects into the ventricles of the brain and is thought to secrete thecerebrospinal fluid
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choroid plexus n.
A vascular proliferation of the cerebral ventricles that serves to regulate intraventricular pressure by secretion or absorption of cerebrospinal fluid.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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