From the tentorium cerebelli there is pain radiation into the eye, the front of the head and into the retro-auricular region

Pain radiation of the cranial dura mater:

Pain from the anterior cranial fossa radiates to the eye and to the retro-orbital region.

Pain from the middle cranial fossa is referred to the face, the vertex, and to the retro-orbital region.

From the posterior cranial fossa the pain goes to the retro-auricular region, the back of the head and the neck.

From the falx cerebri pain radiates into the eye.

From the tentorium cerebelli there is pain radiation into the eye, the front of the head and into the retro-auricular region.

Attachements of the spinal dura mater:

The dura mater is tightly attached at the level of the foramen magnum, the first to third cervical vertebra, the second sacral segment and the coccyx.

 Between that the dura is not so tightly attached and relatively mobile.

Movement of the skull and the sacrum can be transferred to the spinal dura mater. Even movement from beyond the cranio-sacral system, for example a tension at the sciatic nerve, may be affecting the dura.

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