pia mater of brain

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• Pia mater — Pi a ma ter [NL., fr. L. pia (fem. of pius tender, kind) + mater mother.] (Anat.) The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pia mater — [pī′ə māt′ər] [ME < ML (lit., gentle mother < fem. of L pius, tender, PIOUS + mater,MOTHER1): used as transl. of Ar al umm al raqīqa] the vascular membrane immediately enveloping the brain and spinal cord and surrounded by the arachnoid and …   English World dictionary

• Pia mater — One of the meninges, the pia mater is the delicate innermost membrane enveloping the brain and spinal cord. It is known informally as the pia. * * * A delicate vasculated fibrous membrane firmly adherent to the glial capsule of the brain (p.… …   Medical dictionary

• Pia mater — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 193 GrayPage = 878 Caption = Diagrammatic transverse section of the medulla spinalis and its membranes. (At border, dura mater is black line, arachnoid mater is blue line, and pia mater is red …   Wikipedia

• pia mater cranialis — [TA] the pia mater covering the brain, very thin over the cerebral cortex, and thicker over the brainstem; the blood vessels for the brain ramify within it and, as they enter the brain, are accompanied for a short distance by a pial sheath.… …   Medical dictionary

• pia mater — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, tender mother Date: 14th century the thin vascular membrane that invests the brain and spinal cord internal to the arachnoid and dura mater …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pia mater — Innermost of the three meningeal membranes that surround the brain, lying between the dura mater and the arachnoid layer. Contains a plexus of small blood vessels …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• pia mater — /puy euh may teuhr, pee euh/, Anat. the delicate, fibrous, and highly vascular membrane forming the innermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Cf. arachnoid (def. 6), dura mater. [1350 1400; ME < ML: lit., pious mother,… …   Universalium

• pia mater — pi•a ma•ter [[t]ˈpaɪ ə ˈmeɪ tər, ˈpi ə[/t]] n. anat. the delicate, fibrous, and highly vascular membrane forming the innermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord Compare arachnoid 4) dura mater • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < ML …   From formal English to slang

• pia mater — /paɪə ˈmeɪtə/ (say puyuh maytuh), /piə ˈmatə/ (say peeuh mahtuh) noun the delicate, fibrous, and highly vascular membrane forming the innermost of the three meninges enveloping the brain and spinal cord. {Middle English, from Medieval Latin:… …  

• pia mater — n. Anat. the delicate innermost membrane enveloping the brain and spinal cord (see MENINX). Etymology: med.L, = tender mother, transl. of Arab. al umm al rakika: cf. DURA MATER …   Useful english dictionary