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Ultrastructure of Spinal Dura Mater

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Dura mater is the outermost meningeal membrane enclosing the brain and spinal cord. At the spinal level, the dura mater is composed of collagen fibers and about 80 concentric dural laminas measuring approximately 250–400 μm. Each dural lamina has a thickness of 5 μm and is formed by thinner laminas (approximately 8–12 subunits). Collagen fibers are the laminas’ main component. These collagen fibers are oriented in various directions among the subunits that form each dural lamina, but they are always within the concentric plane of each dural lamina. The fibers do not traverse different dural laminas. Each collagen fiber measures approximately 0.1 μm and presents a smooth surface.

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  1. Department of Clinical Medical Sciences and Institute of Applied Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain

    Miguel Angel Reina MD, PhD

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Madrid-Montepríncipe University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Miguel Angel Reina MD, PhD

  3. Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, CEU San Pablo University, Madrid, Spain

    Andrés López MD

  4. Department of Anesthesiology, Madrid-Montepríncipe University Hospital, Madrid-Torrelodones University Hospital, Madrid-Sanchinarro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Andrés López MD

  5. Department of Anesthesia, Kreiskrankenhaus, Bad Säckingen, Germany

    Martin Dittmann MD, PhD

  6. Department of Surgical Specialties, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    José Antonio De Andrés MD, PhD

  7. Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Management, General University Hospital, Valencia, Spain

    José Antonio De Andrés MD, PhD

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Clinical Medical Sciences and Institute of Applied Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain, and Madrid-Montepríncipe University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Miguel Angel Reina

  2. Department of Surgical Specialties, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Management, General University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    José Antonio De Andrés

  3. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Anesthesiology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York School of Regional, Anesthesia (NYSORA), New York, NY, USA, and Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

    Admir Hadzic

  4. Laboratory of Surgical NeuroAnatomy, Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Alberto Prats-Galino

  5. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, and Clinic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Xavier Sala-Blanch

  6. Discipline of Anesthesiology, The University of Queensland and Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    André A.J. van Zundert

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Reina, M.A., López, A., Dittmann, M., De Andrés, J.A. (2015). Ultrastructure of Spinal Dura Mater. In: Reina, M., De Andrés, J., Hadzic, A., Prats-Galino, A., Sala-Blanch, X., van Zundert, A. (eds) Atlas of Functional Anatomy for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09522-6_20

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