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  2. Choroid plexus - Wikipedia

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    The blood–CSF boundary at the choroid plexus is a membrane composed of epithelial cells and tight junctions that link them. [14] There is a CSF-brain barrier at the level of the pia mater, but only in the embryo. [15] Similar to the blood–brain barrier, the blood–CSF barrier functions to prevent the passage of most blood-borne substances ...

  3. Blood–brain barrier - Wikipedia

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    The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective semipermeable border of endothelial cells that regulates the transfer of solutes and chemicals between the circulatory system and the central nervous system, thus protecting the brain from harmful or unwanted substances in the blood. [1]

  4. Arachnoid mater - Wikipedia

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    CSF circulates in the subarachnoid space (between arachnoid and pia mater). Cerebrospinal fluid is produced by the choroid plexus (inside the ventricles of the brain, which are in direct communication with the subarachnoid space so the CSF can flow freely through the nervous system). Cerebrospinal fluid is a transparent, colourless fluid and it ...

  5. Pia mater - Wikipedia

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    The cranial pia mater joins with the ependyma, which lines the cerebral ventricles to form choroid plexuses that produce cerebrospinal fluid. Together with the other meningeal layers, the function of the pia mater is to protect the central nervous system by containing the cerebrospinal fluid, which cushions the brain and spine. [7]

  6. Tela choroidea - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The choroid plexus produces most of the cerebrospinal fluid of the central nervous system that circulates through the ventricles of the brain, the central canal of the spinal cord, and the subarachnoid space. [4] [2] The tela choroidea in the ventricles forms from different parts of the roof plate in the development of the embryo. [2] [1]

  7. Thecal sac - Wikipedia

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    This route of administration may also be used for the delivery of drugs which will evade the blood–brain barrier. [6] Disruption of the dural sac may occur as a complication of a medical procedure, or as a consequence of trauma causing a cerebrospinal fluid leak, or spontaneously resulting in a spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak. [7]

  8. Glia limitans - Wikipedia

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    Any substance entering the central nervous system from the blood or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) must cross the glia limitans. The two different classifications of glial limiting membrane, the glia limitans perivascularis and the glia limitans superficialis, have nearly identical structures, however, they can be distinguished from each other by ...

  9. Meninges - Wikipedia

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    In mammals, the meninges are the dura mater, the arachnoid mater, and the pia mater. Cerebrospinal fluid is located in the subarachnoid space between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater. The primary function of the meninges is to protect the central nervous system. [5]