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  2. Cerebrospinal fluid - Wikipedia

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    The cerebrospinal fluid circulates in the subarachnoid space around the brain and spinal cord, and in the ventricles of the brain. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear, colorless body fluid found within the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord of all vertebrates. CSF is produced by specialised ependymal cells in the choroid plexus of ...

  3. Cerebral circulation - Wikipedia

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    The veins puncture the relevant dural sinus, piercing the arachnoid and dura mater as bridging veins that drain their contents into the sinus. [5] The deep venous system. The deep venous system is primarily composed of traditional veins inside the deep structures of the brain, which join behind the midbrain to form the great cerebral vein (vein ...

  4. Choroid plexus - Wikipedia

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    The choroid plexus, or plica choroidea, is a plexus of cells that arises from the tela choroidea in each of the ventricles of the brain. [1] Regions of the choroid plexus produce and secrete most of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of the central nervous system. [2][3] The choroid plexus consists of modified ependymal cells surrounding a core of ...

  5. Dural venous sinuses - Wikipedia

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    The dural venous sinuses (also called dural sinuses, cerebral sinuses, or cranial sinuses) are venous sinuses (channels) found between the periosteal and meningeal layers of dura mater in the brain. [1] [2] They receive blood from the cerebral veins, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the subarachnoid space via arachnoid granulations.

  6. Meninges - Wikipedia

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    In anatomy, the meninges (/ məˈnɪndʒiːz /; [1][2] sg. meninx / ˈmiːnɪŋks, ˈmɛnɪŋks /; [3] from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx) 'membrane') [4] are the three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord. In mammals, the meninges are the dura mater, the arachnoid mater, and the pia mater. Cerebrospinal fluid is located in ...

  7. Capillary - Wikipedia

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    There are two types of capillaries: true capillaries, which branch from arterioles and provide exchange between tissue and the capillary blood, and sinusoids, a type of open-pore capillary found in the liver, bone marrow, anterior pituitary gland, and brain circumventricular organs. Capillaries and sinusoids are short vessels that directly ...

  8. Cerebrospinal venous system - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in 1937 Batson began a series of injection experiments investigating the anatomy and physiology of the cerebrospinal venous system. [2] His carefully documented results demonstrated the continuity of the venous systems of the brain and the spine, as injections of contrast dyes into venous systems feeding into the spinal venous plexus led to the appearance of contrast material in the ...

  9. Glymphatic system - Wikipedia

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    The glymphatic system (or glymphatic clearance pathway, or paravascular system) is a system for waste clearance in the central nervous system (CNS) of vertebrates.According to this model, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flows into the paravascular space around cerebral arteries, combining with interstitial fluid (ISF) and parenchymal solutes, and exiting down venous paravascular spaces. [1]