Dura mater

Question 1

Dura mater is the

Answer 1

Outermost meningeal layer

Question 2

Dura mater is a tough fibrous membrane, made up of what?

Answer 2

Dense irregular connective tissue

Question 3

Cranial dura mater consists of 2 layers

Answer 3

Periosteal layer
Meningeal layer

Question 4

dural venous sinuses

Answer 4

The two layers of the cranial dura mater are normally closely adherent to one another but in certain regions become separated to enclose blood-filled space

Question 5

In some regions:
The dura mater

Answer 5

Tightly adherent to the inner surface of the skull (e.g. cranial cavity floor and midline of the cranial roof)

Separated from the skull by a narrow extradural space (e.g. frontoparietal area)

Question 6

Dura mater vasculator

Answer 6

Supplied primarily by the middle meningeal artery and vein

Question 7

Dura mater innervation

Answer 7

trigeminal nerve (V1, V2 and V3)

Question 8