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Definition of Pia mater
1. Noun. The highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges.
Definition of Pia mater
1. Noun. (anatomy) The inner most of the meninges membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Pia mater
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pia Mater
Literary usage of Pia mater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The most external is the dura muter, a strong fibrous membrane which forms a
loose sheath around the cord. The most internal is the pia mater, ..."
2. The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body by Matthew Baillie, James Wardrop (1833)
"It does not frequently occur, when the pia mater is inflamed, ... The processes
arising from the under surface of the pia mater are also more crowded with ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1877)
"In this part are contained illustrations of inflammation of the arachnoid, after
compound fracture; inflammation of pia mater at the base of the brain, ..."
4. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"... in an oblique direction into: The pia mater, which is also constructed of
delicate interfacing bundles of connective tissue and supplied with numerous ..."
5. The Anatomy of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1803)
"This membrane is without the pia mater; and while the pia mater finks down into
the fulci of the brain, * Haller, Oper. Minor, de Part. Corpor. humani fent. ..."
6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1895)
"DISEASES OF THE pia mater. (a) Acute Spinal Meningitis; Leptomeningitis. Etiology.
... In the early stage the vessels of the pia mater are injected. ..."
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