The arachnoid mater is one of the three meninges, the protective membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. ==Structure== It is interposed between the two other meninges, the more superficial and much thicker dura mater and the deeper pia mater, from which it is separated by the subarachnoid space. The delicate arachnoid layer is attached to ...
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Synonym for arachnoid ... Like a cobweb, covered with or consisting of soft fibres or hairs so entangled as to give a cobwebby appearance. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a delicate fibrous membrane forming the middle of the three coverings of the central nervous system. In life, the arachnoid (specifically the arachnoid barrier cell layer) is tenuously attached to the externally adjacent dura mater (specifically the dural border cell layer), and no natural space occurs at the dura-arachno...
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(ua-rak;noid) The weblike middle covering(meninx) of the central nervous system.
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middle membrane surrounding the brain that produces cerebrospinal fluid
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