Preferred Label : layer of dura mater;
Uberon definition : The intracranial dura mater, consisting of two layers: the outer periosteal layer
which normally always adheres to the periosteum of the bones of the cranial vault;
and the inner meningeal layer which in most places is fused with the outer. The two
layers separate to accommodate meningeal vessels and large venous (dural) sinuses.
The meningeal layer is also involved in the formation of the various dural folds,
such as the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli and is comparable to and continuous
with the dural mater of the spinal cord. The cranial epidural space is then a potential
space between the bone and the combined periosteum/periosteal layer of the dura mater
realised only pathologically and is neither continuous with or comparable to the vertebral
epidural space;
Origin ID : 0010507;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
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The intracranial dura mater, consisting of two layers: the outer periosteal layer
which normally always adheres to the periosteum of the bones of the cranial vault;
and the inner meningeal layer which in most places is fused with the outer. The two
layers separate to accommodate meningeal vessels and large venous (dural) sinuses.
The meningeal layer is also involved in the formation of the various dural folds,
such as the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli and is comparable to and continuous
with the dural mater of the spinal cord. The cranial epidural space is then a potential
space between the bone and the combined periosteum/periosteal layer of the dura mater
realised only pathologically and is neither continuous with or comparable to the vertebral
epidural space
