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leptomeninges

Identification

Official Latin term	leptomeninges
Official term	leptomeninges
Unit identifier	TAH:U5092
Unit type	unit type set
Materiality	material

Navigation

Link to the unit	leptomeninges
Links of entity	generic: leptomeninx
External links	TA98 FMA
Partonomic links	Level 2: meninges Short Extended
Taxonomic links	Level 2: region of organ component Short Extended
	Level 3: region of leptomeningeal sac
Subsidiary language with Latin	English French Spanish Russian
Non Latin primary language	English French Spanish Russian

Taxonomic definition

A leptomeninx is a region of leptomeningeal sac

[regio sacci leptomeningei

] which is a type of delicate thin membrane adapted for covering and protecting the neuraxis.

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U5062	nervous system
TAH:U5068	central nervous system
TAH:U5090	meninges
TAH:U7800	leptomeningeal sac
TAH:U5092	leptomeninges

TAH:U5105

arachnoid

TAH:U7783	arachnoid barrier cell layer
TAH:U5109	arachnoid granulations
TAH:U5110	arachnoid trabeculae
TAH:U7785	neurothelial protrusions
TAH:U7787	arachnoid villi
TAH:U5108	cranial arachnoid

TAH:U7797

intercisternal membranes

TAH:U7798

basal intercisternal membrane

TAH:U7796

cranial subarachnoid space

TAH:U5111

cranial subarachnoid cisterns

TAH:U7739

infratentorial cisterns

TAH:U7740

caudal basal cisterns

TAH:U7741	premedullary cistern
TAH:U7743	prepontine cistern
TAH:U5116	interpeduncular cistern

TAH:U7744

caudal lateral cisterns (pair)

TAH:U5113	lateral cerebellomedullary cistern (pair)
TAH:U5119	cerebellopontine cistern (pair)
TAH:U7745	cistern of internal acoustic meatus (pair)
TAH:U5117	ambient cistern (pair)

TAH:U7746

caudal dorsal cisterns

TAH:U5112	posterior cerebellomedullary cistern
TAH:U7747	superior cerebellar cistern

TAH:U7748

supratentorial cisterns

TAH:U7750

rostral basal cisterns

TAH:U7751	hypophysial cistern
TAH:U5115	chiasmatic cistern
TAH:U5120	cistern of lamina terminalis

TAH:U7756

rostral lateral cisterns (pair)

TAH:U7757	carotid cistern (pair)
TAH:U7759	olfactory cistern (pair)
TAH:U5114	cistern of lateral cerebral fossa (pair)
TAH:U7760	cistern of cerebral vallecula (pair)
TAH:U7761	cistern of central sulcus of cerebral hemisphere (pair)

TAH:U7762

rostral dorsal cisterns

TAH:U5121	quadrigeminal cistern
TAH:U7763	cistern of velum interpositum
TAH:U5118	pericallosal cistern

TAH:U7782

spinal subarachnoid space

TAH:U5123

lumbar cistern

TAH:U5122

spinal arachnoid

TAH:U5146

posterior median septum

TAH:U5124

pia mater

TAH:U5125

cranial pia mater

TAH:U7765	external layer of cranial pia mater
TAH:U7766	internal layer of cranial pia mater
TAH:U7767	choroid telae of cranial pia mater

TAH:U5126	choroid membrane of fourth ventricle
TAH:U5128	choroid membrane of third ventricle

TAH:U9097	velum interpositum
TAH:U5131	choroid enlargement (pair)
TAH:U7769	choroid plexuses

TAH:U7780	bloodliquor barrier
TAH:U5127	choroid plexus of fourth ventricle

TAH:U7774

flower basket

TAH:U5129	choroid plexus of third ventricle (pair)
TAH:U5130	choroid plexus of lateral ventricle (pair)
TAH:U7781	bloodbrain barrier

TAH:U5132

spinal pia mater

TAH:U7777	linea splendens
TAH:U5133	denticulate ligament (pair)
TAH:U5134	intermediate cervical septum

Total

63 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:82472	cardinal part of organ
FMA:86103	region of organ component
FMA:266075	region of leptomeningeal sac
FMA:266091	leptomeninx

TAH5105	arachnoid
TAH5124	pia mater

Total

2 children

Date: 08.03.2022

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