A think avascular meningeal layer, between the pia mater and the dural mater. It is separated from the pia mater by the subarachnoid space. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0471888893 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnoid_mater ]
Synonyms: arachnoid membrane arachnoid mater of neuraxis arachnoid
Term information
- neuronames:1464
- NCIT:C32136
- BTO:0001636
- GAID:688
- UMLS:C1510935 (ncithesaurus:Arachnoid_Membrane)
- FMA:9591
- MA:0001114
- SCTID:362304000
- EMAPA:32659
- EV:0100314
- NLXANAT:090208
- Wikipedia:Arachnoid_mater
- CALOHA:TS-0052
- MESH:D001099
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
- leptomeninx
- only in taxon some Mammalia
- has part some elastic fiber
- composed primarily of some elastic fiber