the innermost of the three membranes that cover the brain and the spinal cord
2.
a herb from East India which has an edible root that produces arrowroot starch
Examples of 'pia' in a sentence
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Astrocytes have anatomical contact with the microvasculature, pia, and neurons.
Maja Potokar, Jernej Jorgačevski, Robert Zorec 2016, 'Astrocyte Aquaporin Dynamics in Health and Disease', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/17/7/1121. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Microscopically, the gland was covered externally by a capsule deriving from the meningeal pia mater.
Leandro de Oliveira Marques, Ana Flávia de Carvalho, Ana Carolina Furlanetto Mançanares,Celina Almeida Furlanetto Mançanares 2010, 'Morphological study of the pineal gland of (crab eater raccoon) Procyon cancrivorus(Cuvier, 1798)', Biotemashttp://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume232/163a171Final.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Each branch pierces the dura mater from below and then supplies the nerve through the pia mater.
Nagulić Mirjana, Ćetković Mila, Manojlović Radovan, Nikolić Igor, Alempijević Đorđe,Vitošević Zdravko 2010, 'Vasculature of the distal part of optic nerve', Vojnosanitetski Pregledhttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2010/0042-84501004297N.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In one patient with a more limited quadrantano-pia, a facilitation effect of the spatially coincident visual stimulus was observed.
Antonia F. Ten Brink, Tanja C. W. Nijboer, Douwe P. Bergsma, Jason J. S. Barton, StefanVan der Stigchel 2015, 'Lack of Multisensory Integration in Hemianopia: No Influence of Visual Stimuli onAurally Guided Saccades to the Blind Hemifield', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0122054. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The primo nodes under the transversal sinuses were observed after peeling off the dura and pia maters of the brain.
Sang-Ho Moon, Richard Cha, Geo-Lyong Lee, Jae-Kwan Lim, Kwang-Sup Soh 2013, 'Primo Vascular System in the Subarachnoid Space of a Mouse Brain', Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/280418. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
During surgery, false dura was inadvertently opened due to adherence with pia and pus started coming out.
Jeyaselvasenthilkumar Thotalampatti Pachiyappan, Deiveegan Kunjithapatham, Sekar Chinnamuthu,Premchand Yellapragada 2018, 'Asymptomatic Massive Cerebral Abscess Following Malignant Cerebral Infarct—AggressiveSurgery—Ray of Hope', Indian Journal of Neurosurgeryhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1667283. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)