Dura mater

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meninges

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The dura mater is a thick and dense inelastic membrane.
The dura mater is the tough, but flexible, second line of defense for the brain after the skull.
The spinal dura mater is separated from the arachnoid by a potential cavity, the subdural cavity; the two membranes are, in fact, in contact with each other, except where they are separated by a minute quantity of fluid, which serves to moisten the apposed surfaces.
Dura Mater The dura mater is the most superior of the meningeal layers.
Human dura mater is human pachymeninx tissue intended to repair defects in human dura mater.

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