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tela choroidea

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A structure found in the walls of the ventricles of the brain, consisting of part of the meninges (pia mater in mammals) plus ependyma[cjm]. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471888893 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tela_chorioidea http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/embryo_new/choroid/ ]

Term info

Label

tela choroidea

database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

external definition

Portion of tissue that is part of the primitive meninx which forms a fold, roofing a ventricle of the brain and supporting the choroid plexus[ZFA:0000447].

external ontology notes

Note that the structure in ZFA may be different

has related synonym

tela chorioidea

id

UBERON:0005283

structure notes

Vascularized tela choroidea is choroid plexus.