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pia mater

NOUN
  1. the highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges

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  • It contains a double fold of pia mater, and its floor is formed by a transverse band of white substance, the anterior white commissure, which is perforated by bloodvessels on their way to or from the central part of the medulla spinalis. IX. Neurology. 3. The Spinal Cord or Medulla Spinalis
  • It is covered by and adherent to a fold of pia mater, named the tela chorioidea of the third ventricle, from the under surface of which a pair of vascular fringed processes, the choroid plexuses of the third ventricle, project downward, one on either side of the middle line, and invaginate the epithelial roof into the ventricular cavity. IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
  • The innermost meningeal layer, the pia mater, is closely applied to the surface of the brain tissue and carries many small arteries and veins.
  • As it passes from the brain it receives sheaths from the three cerebral membranes, a perineural sheath from the pia mater, an intermediate sheath from the arachnoid, and an outer sheath from the dura mater, which is also connected with the periosteum as it passes through the optic foramen. IX. Neurology. 5b. The Optic Nerve
  • The dura mater was in a sound state, but the pia mater was full of blood and lymph; on it several hydatids, and towards the falx some marks of suppuration were observed. An Essay on the Shaking Palsy
  • Moving inwards from the skull towards the brain, or from the vertebral canal towards the spinal cord, the three meninges are: dura mater or pachymeninx (Greek pachy, meaning thick), arachnoid mater, and pia mater.
  • The pia mater has received little attention regarding its function in the deformation of the spinal cord under compression.
  • Results Angiogenin was expressed weakly but widely in rat brain, the expression was relatively strong in cerebral pia mater, ependyma, and vessels.
  • The Anterior Median Fissure (fissura mediana anterior; ventral or ventromedian fissure) contains a fold of pia mater, and extends along the entire length of the medulla oblongata: it ends at the lower border of the pons in a small triangular expansion, termed the foramen cecum. IX. Neurology. 4a. The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon
  • The Choroid Plexus of the Lateral Ventricle (plexus chorioideus ventriculus lateralis; paraplexus) (Fig. 750) is a highly vascular, fringe-like process of pia mater, which projects into the ventricular cavity. IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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