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]. [ http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/embryo_new/choroid/ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471888893 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tela_chorioidea ]
Term information
- FMA:242849
- ZFA:0000447
- Wikipedia:Tela_chorioidea
- TAO:0000447
- neuronames:1378
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
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].
Term relations
- organ component layer
- part of some ventricle of nervous system
- overlaps some meningeal cluster
- overlaps some choroid plexus