Definition of Pia mater

1. Noun. The highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges.

Generic synonyms: Meninges, Meninx
Group relationships: Leptomeninges

Definition of Pia mater

1. Noun. (anatomy) The inner most of the meninges membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Pia mater

1. The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord. Origin: NL, fr. L. Pia (fem. Of pius tender, kind) + mater mother. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pia Mater

phænotypical
pi
pi-meson
pi-minus
pi-plus
piRNA
piRNAs
pi bond
pi cone monochromatism
pi helix
pi meson
pi protein
pia
pia-arachnitis
pia-arachnoid
pia mater
pia maters
piacle
piacles
piacular
piacularities
piacularity
piaculative
piaffe
piaffed
piaffer
piaffers
piaffes
piaffing
pial

Literary usage of Pia mater

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

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The most external is the dura muter, a strong fibrous membrane which forms a loose sheath around the cord. The most internal is the pia mater, ..."

2. The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body by Matthew Baillie, James Wardrop (1833)
"It does not frequently occur, when the pia mater is inflamed, ... The processes arising from the under surface of the pia mater are also more crowded with ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1877)
"In this part are contained illustrations of inflammation of the arachnoid, after compound fracture; inflammation of pia mater at the base of the brain, ..."

4. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"... in an oblique direction into: The pia mater, which is also constructed of delicate interfacing bundles of connective tissue and supplied with numerous ..."

5. The Anatomy of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1803)
"This membrane is without the pia mater; and while the pia mater finks down into the fulci of the brain, * Haller, Oper. Minor, de Part. Corpor. humani fent. ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1895)
"DISEASES OF THE pia mater. (a) Acute Spinal Meningitis; Leptomeningitis. Etiology. ... In the early stage the vessels of the pia mater are injected. ..."

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