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  • The Cranial Dura Mater (dura mater encephali; dura of the brain) lines the interior of the skull, and serves the twofold purpose of an internal periosteum to the bones, and a membrane for the protection of the brain.

    IX. Neurology. 4g. The Meninges of the Brain and Medulla Spinalis 1918

  • The Cranial Pia Mater (pia mater encephali; pia of the brain) invests the entire surface of the brain, dips between the cerebral gyri and cerebellar laminæ, and is invaginated to form the tela chorioidea of the third ventricle, and the choroid plexuses of the lateral and third ventricles (pages 840 and 841); as it passes over the roof of the fourth ventricle, it forms the tela chorioidea and the choroid plexuses of this ventricle.

    IX. Neurology. 4g. The Meninges of the Brain and Medulla Spinalis 1918

  • The Cranial Part (arachnoidea encephali) of the arachnoid invests the brain loosely, and does not dip into the sulci between the gyri, nor into the fissures, with the exception of the longitudinal.

    IX. Neurology. 4g. The Meninges of the Brain and Medulla Spinalis 1918

  • Cum enun polt exhcca - tionem plus materiei de glanduiis falivalibus, quam de hepate fuperfit, quo lpfo analogia in ordine ponderum vifcerum humorumque infirmatur, refpondet lclem y oleofi & febofi aliquid iis glandulis adhasrere (s), quod pondus augeat: & ea aa - notatione adeo libere utitur, ut etiam medullam encephali, propter adfpjs co - piam, plus ponderis retinere ajat, quam oportuerat.

    Elementa physiologiae corporis humani .. 1776

  • In cerebri ventricuJis, poft fymptomata affecli encephali, aqua uriaas fcetore vi* tiofa reperta eft (/).

    Elementa physiologiae corporis humani .. 1776

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