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meninges /me·nin·ges/ (mĕn-in´jēz) sing. meninx   [Gr.] the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord: dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater.menin´geal
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Meninges, comprising the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater; shown in a cross-section of the spinal cord.
Meninges
A series of membranous layers of connective tissue that protect the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Damage or infection to the meninges, such as in meningitis, can cause serious neurological damage and even death.
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meninges
[minin′jēz] sing. meninx
Etymology: Gk, meninx, membrane
the three membranes enclosing the brain and the spinal cord, comprising the dura mater, the pia mater, and the arachnoid membrane. The pia mater and the arachnoid can become inflamed by bacterial meningitis, causing serious complications that may be life-threatening. meningeal, adj.
meninges [mĕ-nin´jēz] (Gr.)
plural of meninx; the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord: the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater. adj., adj menin´geal.
Meninges of the central nervous system. From Applegate, 2000.
meninges
(mnin´jēz),
n.pl the three membranes enclosing the brain and the spinal cord, comprising the dura mater, the pia mater, and the arachnoid.
meninges
the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord: the dura mater, arachnoid and pia mater. Consists of cranial and spinal membranes and special sections of it in diaphragma sellae, falx cerebri, tentorium cerebelli.
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