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layer of dura mater

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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 [ http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?periosteal+layer+of+dura+mater ]

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layer of dura mater

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editor note

not clear whether this should be classified as part of cranial dura mater, as the division only makes sense in this area

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UBERON:0010507