Definition of Subarachnoid space

1. Noun. A space in the meninges beneath the arachnoid membrane and above the pia mater that contains the cerebrospinal fluid.

Group relationships: Meninges, Meninx
Generic synonyms: Space

Definition of Subarachnoid space

1. Noun. (anatomy) The space between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater that surround the brain and spinal cord. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subarachnoid Space

subangular
subantarctic
subaortic
subapennine
subapical
subapostolic
subappendices
subappendix
subappendixes
subaqua
subaquatic
subaqueous
subaqueously
subaquæous
subarachnoid
subarachnoid space (current term)
subarachnoid spaces
subarachnoidal
subarc
subarcmin
subarcminute
subarcs
subarcsecond
subarctic
subarctics
subarea
subareal
subareas
subareolar
subarid

Literary usage of Subarachnoid space

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, George Dancer Thane, Johnson Symington (1893)
"Beneath it, between it and the pia mater, is a space (subarachnoid space) in which is a considerable quantity of fluid (subarachnoid fluid), ..."

2. Brain Abscess: Its Surgical Pathology and Operative Technic by Wells Phillips Eagleton (1922)
"On the approach of bacteria to the dura the subarachnoid space fortifies itself by an overproduction of cerebro-spinal fluid containing a large number of ..."

3. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"'ln)j on the spinal cord is it separated froa the pia, so that between the two lies the lymphatic subarachnoid space; over (he brain, the t»« membranes are ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Exploratory Puncture of the subarachnoid space (Lumbar Puncture) This procedure, introduced in 1891 by Quincke, permits us to secure the liquor ..."

5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The cisterna pontis is the continuation upward of the anterior part of the subarachnoid space of the cord. About the medulla oblongata it is continuous with ..."

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