meninx in dogs

Membrane organ that surrounds the brain and the spinal cord. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the meninx is

Membrane organ that surrounds the brain and the spinal cord. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the meninx is

It sits within the nervous system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What the meninx connects to

The atlas records 13 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of meningeal cluster.

Supply and innervation

Arterial supply: meningeal artery.

Also called

Also recorded as layer of meninges, meningeal layer and meninx primitiva. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002360, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: meningeal cluster.
• A kind of: anatomical structure and organ.
• Develops from: central nervous system, future meninx, meningeal cluster and nervous system.
• subtype: brain meninx, dura mater, leptomeninx and meninx of spinal cord.
• composed of: connective tissue.
• Supplied by: meningeal artery.

Questions

Where is the meninx?

It sits within the nervous system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What does the meninx connect to?

Part of: meningeal cluster.

Is the meninx the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.