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  Dura mater



Dura mater

   The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) that cover the brain and spinal cord.

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1. In anatomy, a long ropelike structure. 2. Short for the spinal cord or the umbilical cord.



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Dura
The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal cord. Dura is short for dura mater (from the Latin for hard mother). Also called the pachymeninx (singular) or pachymeniges (plural).

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Dural
Pertaining to the dura.

Dural sac
The membranous sac that encases the spinal cord within the bony structure of the vertebral column. Dural refers to the dura, the name of the membrane around the spinal cord (and brain, too).

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