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    In anatomy, the meninges (/məˈnɪndʒiːz/, sg.: meninx (/ˈmiːnɪŋks/ or /ˈmɛnɪŋks/), from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mēninx) 'membrane') are the three membranes...
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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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    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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    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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  • from the University of Strasbourg with the thesis De l'hémorrhagie des méninges cérébrales. In 1864–67 he served as a military physician on a French military...
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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)
    spinal cord. It is the outermost of the three layers of membrane called the meninges that protect the central nervous system. The other two meningeal layers...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    except alae nasi), the nasal mucosa, the frontal sinuses and parts of the meninges (the dura and blood vessels). The maxillary nerve (V2) carries sensory...
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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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    ages and interests." Jeux & Stratégie reviewed Trivial Pursuit (as "Remue-méninges") in Issue 28, generally praising the quality and accessibility of the...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Subarachnoid cisterns (category Meninges)
    subarachnoid space, an anatomic space in the meninges of the brain. The space is situated between the two meninges, the arachnoid mater and the pia mater....
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  • mening- membrane Greek μήνιγξ, μῆνιγγος (mēninx, mēningos) leptomeninges, meninges, meningioma, meningitis, meninx mend- defect, fault Latin mendax "lying...
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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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    inflammation of the membranes lining the brain and spinal cord (known as the meninges). By definition, the duration of signs, symptoms and inflammation in chronic...
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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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    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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    there is a defective closure of the vertebral arch. Sometimes the spinal meninges and also the spinal cord can protrude through this, and this is called...
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    Fiber Tract–based Atlas of Human White Matter Anatomy Color Atlas of Neuroscience: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology:Meninges and Tracts at Google Books...
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