arachnoid membrane
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A brain haemorrage is a type of stroke that can be fatal and occurs when there is bleeding on the surface of the brain, just below the arachnoid membrane.
From The Guardian • May 6, 2018
The arachnoid granulations are outpocketings of the arachnoid membrane into the dural sinuses so that CSF can be reabsorbed into the blood, along with the metabolic wastes.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The CSF is then reabsorbed into the blood at the arachnoid granulations, where the arachnoid membrane emerges into the dural sinuses.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In this disease, the pia mater, arachnoid membrane, or the brain itself, may be inflamed.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
The arachnoid membrane was, in many parts, without its natural transparency: the pia mater was generally suffused with blood, and its vessels were enlarged: the consistence of the brain was firm.
From Observations on Insanity With Practical Remarks on the Disease and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John
