"Circumventricular Organs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Highly vascularized and specialized tissues distributed principally along the midline of the VENTRICULAR SYSTEM from the FOREBRAIN to the HINDBRAIN. They are distinguished by their lack of normal BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER and fenestrated capillaries and contain either neurosecretory neurons or chemoreceptors.
| Descriptor ID |
D066280
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.688.178 A08.713.049
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| Concept/Terms |
Circumventricular Organs- Circumventricular Organs
- Circumventricular Organ
- Organ, Circumventricular
- Organs, Circumventricular
Sensory Circumventricular Organs- Sensory Circumventricular Organs
- Circumventricular Organ, Sensory
- Circumventricular Organs, Sensory
- Organ, Sensory Circumventricular
- Organs, Sensory Circumventricular
- Sensory Circumventricular Organ
- Neurohemal Organ
- Neurohemal Organs
- Organ, Neurohemal
- Organs, Neurohemal
Secretory Circumventricular Organs- Secretory Circumventricular Organs
- Circumventricular Organ, Secretory
- Circumventricular Organs, Secretory
- Organ, Secretory Circumventricular
- Organs, Secretory Circumventricular
- Secretory Circumventricular Organ
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