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=**3 Types of meninges :**=

__**Dura Mater**__ – “Tough Mother”, outer layer, protects the brain, partially attached to the skull to secure the brain so it does not move.

__**Arachnoid**__ – “Spider-like”, middle layer, laced with blood vessels, attached to Dura, the cerebral-spinal fluid is in between the Arachnoid and the Pia.

__**Pia Mater**__ – “Soft Mother”, innermost layer, closely adheres to the brain, laced with blood vessels, brains main supply of nutrients =**3 Types of hematomas :**=

__**Epidural**__ – bleeding between the skull and the dura

__**Subdural**__ – collection of blood on the surface of the brain __**Subarachnoid**__ – collection of blood between the brain and the Pia