Medical Definition of Arachnoidal granulations

1. Tufted prolongations of pia-arachnoid, composed of numerous arachnoid villi that penetrate dural venous sinuses and effect transfer of cerebrospinal fluid to the venous system. at advanced age these are more numerous and tend to calcify. Synonym: granulationes arachnoideales, arachnoidal granulations, pacchionian bodies, pacchionian corpuscles, pacchionian glands, pacchionian granulations. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arachnoidal Granulations

arachnoid
arachnoid foramen
arachnoid granulations
arachnoid mater
arachnoid mater cranialis
arachnoid mater encephali
arachnoid maters
arachnoid membrane
arachnoid of brain
arachnoid of spinal cord
arachnoid trabecula
arachnoid villi
arachnoidal
arachnoidal granulations (current term)
arachnoidea
arachnoidea mater spinalis
arachnoidian
arachnoiditis
arachnoids
arachnologic
arachnological
arachnologist
arachnologists
arachnology
arachnolysin
arachnomancer
arachnomancers
arachnomancy

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