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Dura mater
Dura mater Du"ra ma"ter [L., lit., hard mother. The membrane
was called mater, or mother, because it was formerly thought
to give rise to every membrane of the body.] (Anat.)
The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the
skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal
cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.
Meaning of Dura mater from wikipedia
- The
dura mater, (or just
dura) is the
outermost of the
three meningeal membranes. The
dura mater has two layers, an
outer periosteal layer closely adhered...
- more
superficial (closer to the surface) and much
thicker dura mater and the
deeper pia
mater, from
which it is
separated by the
subarachnoid space. The...
- are the
dura mater, the
arachnoid mater, and the pia
mater.
Cerebrospinal fluid is
located in the
subarachnoid space between the
arachnoid mater and the...
-
spinal cord. Pia
mater is
medieval Latin meaning "tender mother". The
other two
meningeal membranes are the
dura mater and the
arachnoid mater. Both the pia...
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sinuses (channels)
found between the
periosteal and
meningeal layers of
dura mater in the brain. They
receive blood from the
cerebral veins, and cerebrospinal...
-
traumatic brain injury—gathers
between the
inner layer of the
dura mater and the
arachnoid mater of the
meninges surrounding the brain. It
usually results...
- The
thecal sac or
dural sac is the
membranous sheath (theca) or tube of
dura mater that
surrounds the
spinal cord and the
cauda equina. The
thecal sac contains...
-
bleeding below the
dura mater which may
develop slowly Traumatic extradural, or
epidural hematoma,
bleeding between the
dura mater and the
skull Traumatic...
-
bleeding occurs between the
tough outer membrane covering the
brain (
dura mater) and the skull. When this
condition occurs in the
spinal canal, it is...
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located within the
trigeminal cave (Meckel's cave), a
cavity formed by
dura mater. The
trigeminal ganglion contains cell
bodies of the pseudo-unipolar sensory...
