A dura mater that is part of a spinal cord [Automatically generated definition]. [ OBOL:automatic ]
Synonyms: dura mater of spinal cord dura mater of neuraxis of spinal cord spinal cord dura mater spinal cord dura mater of neuraxis
Term information
- NCIT:C49799
- SCTID:362302001
- EMAPA:17806
- VHOG:0000411
- MA:0001132
- UMLS:C0228124 (ncithesaurus:Spinal_Cord_Dura_Mater)
- FMA:71237
pheno_slim, organ_slim
The outermost and densest membrane of the three mammalian meninges covering the brain and spinal cord. [Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier, adapted_from_Dorian_AF][VHOG]
In fishes, the meninges consist of a single membrane, the primitive meninx, wrapped around the brain and spinal cord. With the adoption of terrestrial life, the meninges doubled. In amphibians, reptiles, and birds, the meninges include a thick outer dura mater derived from mesoderm and a thin inner secondary meninx. (...) In mammals, the dura mater persists, but division of the secondary meninx yields both the arachnoid and the pia mater from ectomesoderm.[well established][VHOG]