tentorium
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tentoria
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Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
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Zoology. (of an insect) the internal skeleton of the head.
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Origin of tentorium
1655–65; < New Latin tentōrium, Latin: tent, equivalent to ten ( dere ) to extend, stretch + -tōrium -tory 2
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The occipital protuberance, or the point on the exterior of each skull which corresponds roughly with the attachment of the tentorium, or with the inferior boundary of the posterior cerebral lobes. e.
From The Antiquity of Man by Sir Charles Lyell
The Cerebrum or Great Brain lies above the plane of the tentorium, and forms much the largest division of the encephalon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
It separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum, and, as it forms a tent-like covering for the latter, is named tentorium cerebelli.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Imagine," he cries, "a solid tentorium or canopy over London, what a mass of smoke would then stick to it!
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli
The sharper definition of the lower edge of the cast of the cerebral chamber in the Chimpanzee arises from the circumstance that the tentorium remained in that skull and not in the Man's.
From Lectures and Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley
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