Bassett Collection Large Image - Lane Medical Library, Stanford University Medical Center

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Exploration of the meninges and brain in situ

Close-up view of layers of scalp, parietal bone, dura mater and arachnoid granulations

1 .	Epidermis
2 .	Granular pit
3 .	Arachnoid granulations
4 .	Subaponeurotic space
5 .	Venous lacuna (beneath dura mater)
6 .	Branches Middle meningeal artery
7 .	Dura mater
8 .	Skin
9 .	Radix (above pointer) and bulbus pili (below pointer)
10 .	Superficial fascia (note numerous arteries and veins in this layer)
11 .	Galea aponeurotica (firmly attached to Superficial fascia)
12 .	Pericranium
13 .	External plate of occipital bone
14 .	Diploë
15 .	Internal plate of occipital bone
16 .	Emissary vessel of parietal bone