dura mater of spinal cord

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• dura mater of spinal cord — dura mater spinalis [TA] spinal dura mater: the dura mater covering the spinal cord; it is separated from the periosteum of the enclosing vertebrae by an epidural space containing blood vessels and fibrous and areolar tissue. Cervical region,… …   Medical dictionary

• Spinal cord — Latin medulla spinalis The spinal cord nested in the vertebral column …   Wikipedia

• Dura mater — Meninges of the CNS Gray s subject #193 872 MeSH …   Wikipedia

• 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dura mater — [door΄ə māt′ər, dyoor΄ə māt′ər] n. [ME < ML, lit., hard mother, transl. of Ar term] the outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord …   English World dictionary

• dura mater — Pachymeninx (as distinguished from leptomeninx, the combined pia mater and arachnoid); a tough, fibrous membrane forming the outer covering of the central nervous system. SYN: dura [TA], pachymeninx [TA]. [L. hard mother, mistransl. of Ar. umm al …   Medical dictionary

• dura mater — /may teuhr/, Anat. the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Also called dura. Cf. arachnoid (def. 6), pia mater. [1350 1400; ME < ML: lit., hard mother] * * * …   Universalium

• dura mater — du′ra ma′ter [[t]ˈmeɪ tər[/t]] n. anat. the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord Also called dura Compare arachnoid 4),pia mater • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < ML: lit., hard mother …   From formal English to slang

• dura mater — /djurə ˈmatə/ (say dyoohruh mahtuh) noun the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. See arachnoid (def. 3), pia mater. Also, dura. {Medieval Latin: literally, hard mother} …  

• dura mater — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, literally, hard mother Date: 14th century the tough fibrous membrane that envelops the brain and spinal cord external to the arachnoid and pia mater …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dura mater — Outermost of the three meningeal membranes covering the brain and spinal cord …   Dictionary of molecular biology