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Spinous process
Spinal cord
Mostly intact skin over the
meningocele
Meningocele with cerebrospinal
fluid
Dura mater |
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Vertebral arch
Spinal cord
Mostly intact skin over the
meningocele
Meningocele with cerebrospinal
fluid
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Fig. 30; Fig. 30a
Schematic drawing of a meningocele. The spinal cord is in its normal location. Only a sack filled with cerebrospinal fluid, bounded by the dura mater, protrudes from below the skin.
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