circumventricular organ of neuraxis
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Definition
Any of any of the secretory or sensory organs located in the brain region around or in relation to the ventricular system that are characterized by extensive vasculature and a lack of a normal blood brain barrier (BBB) and allow for the linkage between the central nervous system and peripheral blood flow.
Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0
Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Neighbouring structures
- region of cerebral cortex
- region of dura mater
- region of layer of wall of eyeball
- region of papillary muscle
- region of papillary muscle of left ventricle
- region of serous membrane
- region of vascular layer of eyeball
- region of ventricular system of neuraxis
- region of wall of heart
- region of wall of ventricular system of neuraxis
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Identifiers
- FMA
- 84081
- UBERON
- 0005408
- Wikidata
- Q205925