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Arachnoid
Arachnoid meaning
Relating to or resembling spider webs; covered with or composed of soft loose hairs or fibers. | Relating to the arachnoid mater.
Synonyms of Arachnoid
Example sentences (7)
The arachnoid and pia are physically connected and thus often considered as a single layer, the pia-arachnoid.
The majority of arachnoid cysts form outside the temporal lobe of the brain in an area of the skull known as the middle cranial fossa.
Between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater is the subarachnoid space which contains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
Reabsorption It had been thought that CSF returns to the vascular system by entering the dural venous sinuses via the arachnoid granulations (or villi).
Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as " the Bugs ".
The dural venous sinuses within the dura mater surrounding the brain receive blood from the brain and also are a point of entry of cerebrospinal fluid from arachnoid villi absorption.
The pia mater and arachnoid mater including blood vessels are seen at the top of the image.