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MeSH Heading: Pia Mater
Tree Number(s): A08.186.566.731
Unique ID: D010841
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010841
Scope Note: The innermost layer of the three meninges covering the brain and spinal cord. It is the fine vascular membrane that lies under the ARACHNOID and the DURA MATER.
NLM Classification #: WL 200
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2007/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Pia Mater MeSH Descriptor Data 2026