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Meninx

/ˈmiːnɪŋks/

A membrane, especially one of the three membranes enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates

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A membrane, especially one of the three membranes enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates

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meningesnoun	(anatomy, chiefly plural) The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.

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meningenoun	(anatomy) meninx
meningiomanoun	(pathology) A common tumour of the central nervous system, occurring in the meninges, usually benign.
meningeal arterynoun	(anatomy) Any of the several arteries supplying blood to the meninges of the brain and neighboring structures.
neurocraniumnoun	(anatomy) The part of the skull that encloses the brain.
neuromembranenoun	The membrane of a neuron
endoneuriumnoun	(anatomy) A layer of delicate connective tissue enclosing the myelin sheath of a spinal cord nerve fiber.
braincasenoun	Synonym of neurocranium.
neuraxisnoun	(anatomy, medicine, usually) Synonym of central nervous system.
mesaxonnoun	(neurobiology) A pair of parallel plasma membranes of a Schwann cell, marking the point of edge-to-edge contact by the Schwann cell encircling the axon.
mesencephalnoun	Synonym of mesencephalon.
encephalonnoun	(neuroanatomy, especially embryologic neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.
metencephalonnoun	(neuroanatomy) The portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.
myelencephalonnoun	(neuroanatomy) The portion of the brain composed of the medulla oblongata.
epineuriumnoun	(anatomy) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium; The outermost layer of dense irregular connective tissue surrounding a peripheral nerve.
myelin sheathnoun	(neuroanatomy) An envelope of myelin that surrounds nerve fibres.
neurotomenoun	(neurology, neuroscience) An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves.
perineuriumnoun	(anatomy) The sheath of connective tissue that surrounds a fascicle of nerve fibres
endbrainnoun	(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the telencephalon.
epilemmanoun	Synonym of endoneurium.
neurilemmanoun	The outer membranous covering of a nerve fiber.