Sentence examples for pia from inspiring English sources
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The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord
These layers define three potential spaces for blood to collect: the epidural space, between the skull and the dura; the subdural space, between the dura and the arachnoid layer; and the subarachnoid space, between the arachnoid and pia layers each with its own potential sources of hemorrhage.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage, bleeding into the space between the two innermost protective coverings surrounding the brain, the pia mater and the arachnoid mater.
The arachnoid trabeculae are embryologic remnants of the common origin of the arachnoid and pia mater, and they have the frail structure characteristic of these two of the meninges.
The second layer, the arachnoid mater, covers the brain and pia mater but does not follow the contour of the involutions of the brain.
The innermost layer, the pia mater, is a thin and delicate membrane that lies on the surface of the brain.
The pia mater is too closely adhered to the brain and too fragile to act as a barrier for blood, and, therefore, there is no potential space between the pia and the brain for a hemorrhage to form.
For six years he has led a stable minority coalition of his liberals with the conservatives, backed by the far-right Danish People's Party of Pia Kjaersgaard.
Mr Khader is now likely to support the coalition from outside, like the far-right Danish People's Party under Pia Kjaersgaard.Ms Kjaersgaard's performance was the second surprise.
The DF's leader, Pia Kjaersgaard, is often voted Denmark's most powerful woman, ahead of the queen.
In the late 1990s the Danish People's Party (DPP), founded by Pia Kjaersgaard, began to denounce immigration, multiculturalism and Islam as alien to Danish society and values.
If Mr Lokke Rasmussen strikes a deal with her, he may create a damaging split in the opposition.Yet he will still depend on the votes of his longtime far-right ally, Pia Kjaersgaard's Danish People's Party.
