tentorium
Americannoun
PLURAL
tentoria-
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.
Other Word Forms
- tentorial adjective
Etymology
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 Cerebellum, Little Brain, or After Brain occupies the inferior pair of occipital fossae, and lies below the plane of the tentorium cerebelli.
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After locating the occipital knob, a horizontal line forward will give us the portion of the tentorium.
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On introducing the finger, about 1� square inches of the occipital lobe were found to be pulped, and the finger could be swept across the tentorium.
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Imagine," he cries, "a solid tentorium or canopy over London, what a mass of smoke would then stick to it!
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The line 'b' indicates the plane of the tentorium, which separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum; 'd', the axis of the occipital outlet of the skull.
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