Meninges sentence example
meninges
- These membranes are called the meninges, the outermost membrane is called the dura mater, then the arachnoid and then the pia mater.
- The liver, spleen, lungs, bone, skin, and sometimes the membrane surrounding the brain and spine (meninges) may be affected.
- This is due to an inflammation of the meninges (tissues which cover the spinal cord and brain).
- The covering of the brain (meninges) has three main layers.
- More commonly, the abnormality appears as a localized mass on the back that is covered by skin or by the meninges, the three-layered membrane that envelops the spinal cord.Advertisement
- The term meningocele is used when the spine malformation contains only the protective covering (meninges) of the spinal cord.
- More commonly, the spine abnormality appears as a mass on the back covered by membrane (meninges) or skin.
- Meningitis is a serious inflammation of the meninges, the membranes (lining) that surround the brain and spinal cord.
- They cause meningitis when they get into the bloodstream and travel to the meninges.
- An inflammation of the brain's covering, or meninges, is called meningitis.Advertisement
- The protective layer over the brain, the meninges, grows to cover the protrusion, as does skin in some cases.
- Incomplete closure causes protrusion of the spinal cord and meninges, called meningomyelocele.
- Like the brain, the spinal cord is enclosed in three membranes (meninges).