Supporting structures of nervous system
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Swanson & Bota, 2010
)
: Topographic macrostructure features that include the connective tissue coverings of the nervous system (Monro, 17893)-the meninges (Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, c1700 BC)-and the compartment within and surrounding the nervous system that is filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF; in ventricles-subarachnoid space); see Millen & Woollam (1962). It is important to consider that the circulatory system pervades the nervous system.
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