Meninges

Meninges
Meninges
	Image depicting meninges around the brain
	The meninges: dura mater, arachnoid mater and pia mater
Details
Artery	Middle meningeal artery, meningeal branches of the ascending pharyngeal artery, accessory meningeal artery, branch of anterior ethmoidal artery, meningeal branches of vertebral artery
Nerve	Middle meningeal nerve, nervus spinosus
Identifiers
Latin	meninges
MeSH	D008578
TA98	A14.1.01.001
TA2	5369
FMA	231572
	Anatomical terminology

In anatomy, the meninges (/məˈnɪndʒiːz/,^[1]^[2] sg.: meninx (/ˈmiːnɪŋks/ or /ˈmɛnɪŋks/^[3]), from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mēninx) 'membrane'^[4]) are the three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord. In mammals, the meninges are the dura mater, the arachnoid mater, and the pia mater. Cerebrospinal fluid is located in the subarachnoid space between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater. The primary function of the meninges is to protect the central nervous system.^[5]

^ "meninges". Oxford Learner's Dictionaries.
^ "Definition of meninges". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
^ "Definition of meninx". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
^ μῆνιγξ. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
^ Castillero Mimenza, Oscar (January 2017). "Meninges: anatomía, partes y funciones en el cerebro".