cerebrospinal fluid
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Cerebrospinal fluid is a clear, colorless liquid that surrounds and fills spaces in your brain and spinal cord. It helps protect these delicate structures and plays an important role in maintaining proper brain function.
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Research
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear, colorless transcellular body fluid found within the meningeal tissue that surrounds the vertebrate brain and spinal cord, and in the ventricles of the brain.
CSF is mostly produced by the epithelial cells in the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and absorbed in the arachnoid granulations. In humans, there is about 125 mL of CSF at any one time, and about 500 mL is generated every day. CSF acts as a shock absorber, cushion or buffer, providing basic mechanical and immunological protection to the brain inside the skull. CSF also serves a vital function in the cerebral autoregulation of cerebral blood flow.