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MeSH Heading: Choroid
Tree Number(s): A09.371.894.223
Unique ID: D002829
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002829
Annotation: in the eye: do not confuse with CHOROID PLEXUS (in the brain); inflammation = CHOROIDITIS or CHORIORETINITIS; /‌blood supply consider also CILIARY ARTERIES
Scope Note: The thin, highly vascular membrane covering most of the posterior of the eye between the RETINA and SCLERA.
Entry Term(s): Choriocapillaris; Haller Layer; Haller's Layer; Sattler Layer; Sattler's Layer
NLM Classification #: WW 245
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/04/29

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Choroid MeSH Descriptor Data 2025