In anatomy, the meninges (/məˈnɪndʒiːz/; sg. meninx /ˈmiːnɪŋks, ˈmɛnɪŋks/; from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx) 'membrane') are the three membranes that...
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of the membranes known as meninges that surround and protect the central nervous system. The outermost layer of the meninges is the dura mater (Latin for...
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Foix–Alajouanine syndrome (redirect from Osteosclerosis abnormalities of nervous system and meninges)
names Familial osteosclerosis with abnormalities of the nervous system and meninges T2 weighted MRI showing an arteriovenous malformation indicated by the...
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membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most common symptoms are fever, intense headache, vomiting and neck...
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vertebrates, the brain and spinal cord are both enclosed in the meninges. The meninges provide a barrier to chemicals dissolved in the blood, protecting...
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ruptured the meninges, or (rarely) certain cancers. Bilateral hemorrhage occurs when damage at the time of a facial fracture tears the meninges and causes...
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spinal cavities) are the three meninges. The differently lined spaces contain different types of fluid. In the meninges for example the fluid is cerebrospinal...
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Dura mater (category Meninges)
brain. The dura covers the arachnoid mater and the pia mater the other two meninges in protecting the central nervous system. At major boundaries of brain...
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nourishes other portions of the head, such as the face, scalp, skull, and meninges. Terminologia Anatomica in 1998 subdivided the artery into four parts:...
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Arachnoid mater (category Meninges)
The arachnoid mater (or simply arachnoid) is one of the three meninges, the protective membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. It is so named because...
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Brain tumor (section Meninges)
brains are surrounded by a system of connective tissue membranes called meninges that separate the brain from the skull. This three-layered covering is...
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meningeal artery is the largest of the three (paired) arteries that supply the meninges, the others being the anterior meningeal artery and the posterior meningeal...
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Pia mater (category Meninges)
referred to as simply the pia, is the delicate innermost layer of the meninges, the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Pia mater is medieval...
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tissues everywhere in the body, including the nervous system. The three meninges, membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord, are composed of connective...
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the head and neck supplying blood to the face, scalp, skull, neck and meninges Internal carotid artery, an artery on each side of the head and neck supplying...
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Aseptic meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges, a membrane covering the brain and spinal cord, in patients whose cerebral spinal fluid test result...
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such as the frontal lobe and the parietal lobe, are protected by the meninges and bone structures. Other organisms, such as whales, have their blowholes...
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meningitis due to a viral infection. It results in inflammation of the meninges (the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord). Symptoms commonly include...
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secondary headaches include the following: meningitis: inflammation of the meninges which presents with fever and meningismus, or stiff neck ischemic stroke...
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(/ˈdʒɜːrbə, ˈdʒɛərbə/; Arabic: جربة, romanized: Jirba, IPA: [ˈʒɪrbæ] ; Italian: Meninge, Girba), also transliterated as Jerba or Jarbah, is a Tunisian island and...
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and pia mater (the delicate innermost layer of the three layers of the meninges that surround the brain). The above two main types of hemorrhagic stroke...
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text, described the heart and its vessels, as well as the brain and its meninges and cerebrospinal fluid, and the liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus and bladder...
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tissue membranes called meninges, which separate the skull from the brain. Cerebral arteries pierce the outer two layers of the meninges, the dura and arachnoid...
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cancer in which the disease spreads from the original tumor site to the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This leads to an inflammatory response...
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resembles both meningitis, which is an infection or inflammation of the meninges, and encephalitis, which is an infection or inflammation of the brain tissue...
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of meninges caused by bacterial or viral infections. The capacity of an adult human cranial cavity is 1,200–1,700 cm3. The spaces between meninges and...
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lymphatic vessels. The search for T cell gateways into and out of the meninges uncovered functional meningeal lymphatic vessels lining the dural sinuses...
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Dee Dee being sad after this situation. 14b 14b "Toy's R Oggy" "(Remue-méninges)" Olivier Jean-Marie Michel Gaudelette François Reczulski October 25, 1998 (1998-10-25)...
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which contains cerebrospinal fluid. The spinal cord is also covered by meninges and enclosed by the neural arches. Together, the brain and spinal cord...
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brainstem, cerebellum, and spinal cord are covered by three membranes called meninges. The membranes are the tough dura mater; the middle arachnoid mater and...
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