Choroid plexus
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The choroid plexus is located within the cerebral ventricles and is made of epithelial cells, loose connective tissue (tela choroidea), and permeable capillaries. It produces cerebrospinal fluid.
The choroid plexuses also form the blood-CSF barrier alongside arachnoid and arachnoid villi 2.
Gross anatomy
Location
- the roof of the temporal horns of the lateral ventricles, extending along the floor of the body of the lateral ventricles, through the interventricular foramen of Monro, and along the roof of the third ventricle
- the medullary part of the fourth ventricle, extending into the lateral apertures (of Luschka)
Related pathology
-<li><a href="/articles/choroid-plexus-malignancy">choroid plexus tumours</a></li>- +<li>vascular<ul><li><a title="Choroid plexus infarction" href="/articles/choroid-plexus-infarction">choroid plexus infarction</a></li></ul>
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- +<li>infection and inflammation<ul><li><a title="Choroid plexitis" href="/articles/choroid-plexitis">choroid plexitis</a></li></ul>
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- +<li>neoplastic<ul>
- +<li><a href="/articles/choroid-plexus-neoplasms">choroid plexus tumours</a></li>
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