See Also: anteroposterior projection(medicine)
Cerebrospinal fluid(medicine)
Fluid, cerebrospinal (CSF)(health)
Cerebrospinal fluid(health)
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)(encyclopedia)
CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)(health)
cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea(medicine)
cerebrospinal fluid shunts(medicine)
cerebrospinal fluid pressure(medicine)
cerebrospinal fluid proteins(medicine)

Fluid, cerebrospinal (CSF) (health) and anteroposterior projection (medicine)


Fluid, cerebrospinal (CSF) (health)


A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the brain and around the surface of the brain and spinal cord. The CSF is produced by the choroid plexus, a series of infolded blood vessels projecting into the cerebral ventricles, and it is absorbed into the venous system. If production exceedes absorption, the CSF pressure rises and the result is hydrocephalus. This can also occur if the CSF pathways are obstructed and CSF accumulates.





anteroposterior projection (medicine)


anteroposterior projection -->
AP projection


The alternative frontal radiographic projection, used mainly in bedside or portable radiography.

Synonym: anteroposterior projection.