National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Cerebrospinal Fluid

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12692

ALT_DEFINITION

The fluid that is contained within the brain ventricles, the subarachnoid space and the central canal of the spinal cord. (NCI)

The fluid that flows in and around the hollow spaces of the brain and spinal cord, and between two of the meninges (the thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord). CSF is made by tissue called the choroid plexus in the ventricles (hollow spaces) in the brain.

code

C12692

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C78734

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77529

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

The fluid that is contained within the brain ventricles, the subarachnoid space and the central canal of the spinal cord.

Display_Name

Cerebrospinal Fluid

FULL_SYN

FLUID, CEREBROSPINAL

Cerebral Spinal Fluid

CSF

label

Cerebrospinal Fluid

Legacy_Concept_Name

Cerebrospinal_Fluid

Preferred_Name

Cerebrospinal Fluid

prefixIRI

C12692

prefLabel

Cerebrospinal Fluid

Semantic_Type

Body Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0007806

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13236

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