Group · Nervous system & sense organs
Leptomeninges
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Part of
- Meninges
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The arachnoid and pia mater together are sometimes called the leptomeninges, literally "thin meninges" (Greek: λεπτός "leptos"—"thin").
Acute meningococcal meningitis can lead to an exudate within the leptomeninges along the surface of the brain.
Because the arachnoid is connected to the pia by cob-web like strands, it is structurally continuous with the pia, hence the name pia-arachnoid or leptomeninges.
They are responsible for the production of beta-trace protein (prostaglandin D2 synthase), a major cerebrospinal fluid protein.
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- Latin
- Leptomeninges
- English
- Leptomeninges
- French
- Leptoméninges
- Spanish
- Leptomeninges
- Portuguese
- Leptomeninges