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Outer dura mater

Heavy plastic covering

Arachnoid

Spiderweb like membrane the surround brain and spinal cord

Pia mater

Tender matter that molds around all the crevices of a brains surface

Subdural hematoma

Bleeding between dura mater and arachnoid

Anoxia

Oxygen not getting to brain

Hypoxia

Some oxygen to brain

Cell body

What neuron looks like

Axon

Transmits signals between cell body's

Dendrites

Take in info. at synapse of neurons