Title: meninx
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - meninx
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10932
Status: current

Definition
Any of the three membranes (the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater) that line the skull and vertebral canal and enclose the brain and spinal cord.

Related Terms
- arachnoid: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10424
- spinal cord: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11250
- vertebral: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11366

Source
- PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 777 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-1202)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10932/xml

Citation: Citation: 'meninx' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10932
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