choroid in English

noun
1
the pigmented vascular layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera.
Underneath the retina is the choroid - a thin layer of blood vessels that supplies oxygen and nutrients to the retina.
adjective
1
resembling the chorion, particularly in containing many blood vessels.
As can be seen in the left hemisphere, the choroid plexus protrudes into the central part of the lateral ventricle, and the route of entry of the plexus is via the choroid fissure, between the fornix and the lamina affixa.

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1. RETINA (has pulled away from choroid)

2. The Ciliary body is the forward continuation of the choroid

3. This permits fluid to seep behind the retina, floating it off the choroid.

4. Cerebrospinal fluid is a clear aqueous substance that is produce by the choroid plexus

5. Daily, 500 milliliters of Cerebrospinal fluid is generated by the epithelial cells of the choroid plexus

6. Chorio- definition, a combining form meaning “Chorion,” “choroid,” used in the formation of compound words: chorioallantois

7. Until now depiction of the choroid using time domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) (Stratus III) was barely possible.

8. 23 But there is now some strong indirect evidence that trypanosomes also lurk in the human choroid plexus.

9. Coronary Angiography (heart) extremity arteriography (extremities: arms, legs, hands, and feet) fluorescein Angiography (parts of the eye: the retina and choroid)

10. The extinction spectrum of the choroid was determined in the albino rabbit by measuring the diffuse reflection of incident monochromatic light with a microscope photometer.

11. Ciliary body the thickened part of the vascular tunic of the eye, connecting choroid and iris, made up of the Ciliary muscle and the Ciliary processes.

12. The corpus callosum, pyramidal tract, basal ganglia, four stacked body, choroid plexus and brain stem[sentencedict .com], etc. may shrink as a result of prolonged pressure.

13. Ciliary body definition, the part of the tunic of the eye, between the choroid coat and the iris, consisting chiefly of the Ciliary muscle and the Ciliary processes

14. Carcinoembryonic antigen was expressed by 2 of the 3 biopsies Autoptically recognized as metastatic carcinomas and by 2 autopsy cases of PC, while it was absent in all biopsies of true choroid plexus tumors

15. The Ciliary body is an inner eye structure that forms a semi-transparent ring on the outer surface of the choroid. It includes the Ciliary muscle and the fingerlike Ciliary processes