Each vein of the other pair stretches from the region of the ear to the brain, and branches off in a number of fine and delicate veins into the so-called meninx, or membrane, which surrounds the brain. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
“Dimágh,” a Persianism when used for the head: the word properly means brain or meninx. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
And and there is another danger if you saw the bone down to the meninx and remove it at once, lest in the act of sawing you should wound the meninx. From Wordnik.com. [On Injuries Of The Head] Reference
But if you have not charge of the treatment from the first, but undertake it from another after a time, you must saw the bone at once down to the meninx with a serrated trepan, and in doing so must frequently take out the trepan and examine with a sound (specillum), and otherwise along the tract of the instrument. From Wordnik.com. [On Injuries Of The Head] Reference
But if you perceive that fever is coming on, and that any of these symptoms accompany it, you must not put off, but having sawed the bone to the membrane (meninx), or scraped it with a raspatory (and it is then easily sawed or scraped), you must apply the other treatment as may seem proper, attention being paid to circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [On Injuries Of The Head] Reference
The bone at the middle of the head is double, the hardest and most compact part being the upper portion, where it is connected with the skin, and the lowest, where it is connected with the meninx (dura mater); and from the uppermost and lowermost parts the bone gradually becomes softer and less compact, till you come to the diploe. From Wordnik.com. [On Injuries Of The Head] Reference
"Another problem is that the tumor often exerts pressure on the meninx so that, when it is opened for surgery, the tumor shifts or changes its shape.". From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
Seiooc tbe meninx or membran wrapping the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia Britannica,: Giving Some Account Additional to what Has Been ...] Reference
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