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Meningitis is an infection of the fluid that surrounds the spine and brain.
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Where are meninges found?
membranes that protect the brain and spinal cord
What is inflammation of the nerves and inflammation of the spinal cord?
Myeloneuritis is inflammation of the spinal cord and nerves. Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
What is the term meaning inflammation of the nerves and spinal cord?
Myeloneuritis is inflammation of the spinal cord and nerves. Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
The brain is superior to the spinal cord?
The brain is superior to the spinal cord.
What bone connects the spinal cord to the brain?
There is no joint between brain and spinal cord. The spinal cord is a mass of neurones that is situated in the backbone which feeds in to the brain via neurones.
What the does brain stem connect the brain to?
The brain stem connects the brain to the spinal cord, so that the brain can send messages through the cord to the rest of the body. The functioning of the body is severely compromised if the spinal cord connections are severed.
What is the term meaning herniation of the meninges?
Meningocele is the medical term for a hernia of the covering of the brain and spinal cord. The suffix for hernia is -cele. Meningomyelocele is protrusion of the spinal cord and meninges.meningocele
What protects the brain and spinal cord?
Membranes called meninges cover and protect the brain and spinal cord. The skull and spinal column also protect the brain and spinal cord, respectively. The spinal cord is made up by individual vertebrae.
What is the pia?
Pia is an abbrev. for pia mater, which is the innermost of the three meninges covering the brain and spinal cord
Most of the neurons in the brain and spinal cord are?
most of the neurons in the brain and spinal cord are
What are two main organs of the central nervous system?
the brain and sppinal cord
What are Bundle of nerves that leads to the brain?
The bundle of nerves that connects the brain to the rest of the body is the spinal cord.
