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n. - The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.

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  • Blood builds up between the cover of the brain, called the dura, and the skull.
  • These included bone tissue and parts of the tough membrane around the brain, called dura mater.
  • The epidural location is the space between the skull and the dura, which is a fibrous membrane which surrounds the brain.
  • They trimmed it, but also expanded the thin covering of my son's brain, called the dura, like tailors letting out a pair of pants.
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