Medical Definition of Denticulate ligament
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A serrated, shelflike extension of the spinal pia mater projecting in a frontal plane from either side of the cervical and thoracic spinal cord; its 21 pointed processes fuse laterally with the arachnoid and dura mater midway between the exits of the roots of adjacent spinal nerves.
Synonym: ligamentum denticulatum.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denticulate Ligament
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